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“Hawk Roosting” by Ted Hughes Lin Yupeng I. Introduction to Ted Hughes II.Introduction to Hughes’ Poetry III. Introduction to the Poem “Hawk Roosting” IV. Reading of the Poem V. Analysis of the Poem “Hawk Roosting” I. Introduction to Ted Hughes Ted Hughes(1930-1998) :one of the important English poets in the 20th century dominant poet in 1960s “The Tribe of Ted” Poet Laureate in 1985 married Sylvia Plath(1932-1963) in 1956 two children; their separation suicide of Plath in 1963 II. Introduction to Hughes’ Poetry Innovator with his own poetic voice and poetic technique of animal symbolism keen observation of the world of creatures strong feelings and urgent ,brilliant images a view of man as being both opposed by the primitive forces of nature and also as containing those same forces within himself. II. Introduction to Hughes’ Poetry His poetry : unsentimental, written in rough, harsh, sometimes disjointed lines, emphasizing the cunning and savagery of animal life He was concerned with strong and sometimes violent forces of nature, but he wrote with great powers of imagination as if from inside the birds and animals. . II. Introduction to Hughes’ Poetry When writing about people he also stressed the instinctive, animal side of human nature rather than the intellectual . III. Introduction to the Poem “Hawk Roosting”(1) This is a famous poem of the poet’s and a very special one in that the image of the bird was quite new and striking in the history of English poetry. Introduction to the Poem(2) The whole poem is a monologue of ,or psychology about, the hawk. The bird, perched on the top of the trees, inspects the land below him and has some arrogant ideas of himself. IV. Reading of the Poem  1.Some questions: 1) What is the bird’s personality? 2) Is this a matter-of-fact description of the hawk and his psychology or does it have symbolic meanings? 3) What are characteristics of Hughes’ poetry? 1.inaction 2. fals