BSc BA ADP English Notes Poem Hawk's Monologue (Ted Hughes) Summary & Introduction

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Hawk's Monologue (Ted Hughes) Introduction

The poet tells us about the life of a hawk that rules over the air. Actually he is using hawk as a symbol for a dictator. Such a fellow feels that he is all powerful and he can do whatever he likes. But he forgets that in his unlimited power lie the very seeds of his own death and ruin. As a result seemingly great power and strength, he does not at all realize the importance of retreat and one day meets destruction.

Hawk's Monologue (Ted Hughes) Summary

The hawk tells us that it sits in the topmost branches of the trees in a forest. There is a great connection between his beak and claws. These are hooked. It kills its prey during days; it dreams of killing more prey at night.

Nature had provided facilities to the hawk such as height of trees, buoyancy of the air and vast spreading earth. Nature has created it specially for the purpose of preying birds and other small creatures. Tearing heads it its habit and it kills whichever bird or creature comes in front of it during its flight. It does not need any argument to assert its right. It is the lord of the air and dreams of keeping the conditions of the world like that for all the times to come.

In-fact, the hawk is a symbol of a dictator (who thinks and feels like a hawk)