With the works of Ted Hughes and Mark Doty in Hawk Roosting and Golden Retrievals, an idea of the views of life from an animal’s point of view are vividly painted with the assistance of literary techniques. Through each set of eyes, the world is viewed in a unique manner, from each human to each animal, the world is perceived in different lenses. In the poem Hawk Roosting by Hughes the Hawk deems to have an aggressive conceited view of life while in Doty’s “Golden Retrievals” the dog is playful and boast a “live for the moment” view of life. In order to convey the views, the authors, use syntax and diction, enjambment and caesura as well as imagery.
The way in which both authors manipulate and arrange the words of choice within their poems
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allows proper portrayal of each of the animal’s view on life. Throughout the stanzas of Hughes’ poem Hawk Roosting, Hughes maintains a short and telegraphic syntax much like these two lines in stanza five “The allotment of death. For the one of my path is direct.”. The Hawk in all facets is conceited and views the world with an egocentric lens and uptight seriousness. The short and powerful lines are direct and capture the concept of an aggressive view of life without steering away into unneeded descriptions. In order to give the Hawk a personified arrogance and an intelligent character, Hughes incorporates sophisticated vocabulary. “There is no sophistry in my body; My manners are tearing off their heads-. “To coincide with the short syntax Hughes adds dense vocabulary such as sophistry, falsifying, and allotment in order to give the Hawk an educated and respected character. On the other hand, Doty incorporates playful diction to depict the Golden Retriever in his poem Golden Retrievals. With less sophisticated vocabulary Doty is able to achieve a silly, easily distracted, and joyous character in the dog. “Fetch? Balls and sticks capture my attention seconds at a time. Catch? I don’t think so.” The first two lines set the standard of the diction of the poem which continues to remain simplistic throughout the three stanzas. Unlike the slow and careful pace in the Hawk Roosting, the poem Golden Retrievals incorporates an order of words which encourage a fast pace reading. “Bunny, tumbling leaf, a squirrel who’s- oh joy- actually scared. Sniff the wind, then I’m off again:” The basic words come right after another showing the dogs short attention span and live in the moment view of life. With the goal of either creating a chaotic flow or a steady slow pace, the authors integrate either caesura or enjambment.
Between the two poems, Hawk Roosting uses little caesura and enjambment in comparison to the Golden Retrievals. Hughes incorporates little use of caesura and enjambment in order to show the calm and confident flow of thoughts of the Hawk. The few times caesura is used in the Hawk Roosting, come with small pauses in the form of commas. “I sit in the top of the wood, my eyes closed. Inaction, no falsifying dream.” In contrast, Doty uses periods, question marks and hyphens, which create strong pauses in between thoughts and highlight the wild course of thoughts of the Golden Retriever. “Catch? I don’t think so. Bunny, tumbling leaf, a squirrel who’s – oh joy- actually sacred. Sniff the wind, then I’m off again:” Here not only does Doty show the wild course of thoughts with caesura, he also displays this with the use of enjambment as one thought flows from line four to the start of a new stanza in line five. Within the Hawk Roosting, punctuation nearly never interrupts a line, rather gives the line a strong and confident ending. An abundance of the Hawk’s statements end with periods, solidifying the though and furthermore adding to the confidence and aggressive point of view. “I kill where I please because it is all mine.” This powerful line is met with a period which seems to conclude the statement and make it that much more dramatic. On the other hand, the poem Golden Retrievals consistently uses several forms of punctuation within the lines as well as enjambment. “And you? Either you’re sunk in the past, half of our walk, thinking of what you never can bring back, or else you’re off in some fog concerning- tomorrow, is that what you call it?” Once again, Doty includes commas, hyphens, question marks and once again enjambment which causes the thought to continue into the next
stanza. The way in which one describes an object or event speaks volume on the person’s views; with imagery in the two poems the writers are able to further characterize and depict the animal’s view on life. The Hawk uses strong dark imagery that instills a view of relentlessness and savage power. “Between my hooked head and hooked feet: Or in sleep rehearse perfect kills and eat.” Here the Hawk underlines the two major weapons of its physique, boasting power and its conceited views of life. The Hawk also manages to paint a picture of it flying over the earth and creates an image of its mightiness. “And the earth faces upward for my inspection.” While the Golden Retriever on the other hand describes life with childish like imagery to go along with his happy view of life. His imagery bounces around and constantly jumps around as his thoughts do. “Bunny, tumbling leaf, a squirrel.” Living in the moment and enduring all of the happenings that occur around him. Furthermore, the Golden Retriever describes his bark as “This shining bark, a Zen’s master’s bronzy gong,” Here the imagery allows one to see that the dog views himself as a big help to the human’s life, as the Golden Retriever earlier stated “My work to unsnare time’s warp (and woof!), retrieving, my haze-headed friend, you.” The imagery is of a Zen’s master gong which can be used to call the attention of the students which creates a feeling that the dog may feel that he is teaching a lesson to the human, the lesson of living in the moment. With the use literary techniques Doty and Hughes are able to portray the view of life from the perspective of animals. While Hughes incorporates short and strong syntax tagged along with dark imagery and little use of caesura, Doty uses much caesura with scrambled syntax and childish imagery. The result the writers achieve are an egocentric and relentless Hawk, and a joyful and silly Golden Retriever. Although the audience may fail to notice the use of literary techniques, the literary techniques subconsciously help create the point of view of the animal.
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