Examination on Hawk Roosting By PKG SIR, Important Short questions on Hawk Roosting

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PKG ENGLISH STUDY CENTRE

Subject : English,Topic: Hawk Roosting (Ted Hughes)

Full Marks: 40 | Time: 1 Hour

Answer all the questions. Each question carries 2 marks.

Short Answer Type Questions

  1. Where does the hawk sit at the beginning of the poem?
  2. What does the hawk signify by saying his eyes are "closed"?
  3. Explain the phrase "no falsifying dream".
  1. What is meant by "hooked head and hooked feet"?
  2. What does the hawk do in his sleep?
  3. How does the hawk view the "high trees" and the "air's buoyancy"?
  1. Explain the line: "The earth's face upward for my inspection."
  2. "It took the whole of Creation / To produce my foot" — What does this imply?
  3. How does the hawk relate to "Creation" now?
  1. Why does the hawk say "I kill where I please because it is all mine"?
  2. "There is no sophistry in my body" — Explain the word 'sophistry' in this context.
  3. What are the hawk's "manners"?
  1. What is the "allotment of death"?
  2. "For the one path of my flight is direct" — What does 'direct' suggest here?
  3. Explain the significance of: "No arguments assert my right."
  1. "The sun is behind me" — Give two possible interpretations of this line.
  2. "Nothing has changed since I began." — What has not changed?
  3. "My eye has permitted no change." — What does this reveal about the hawk's authority?
  1. "I am going to keep things like this." — What is the tone of this closing line?
  2. Why is "Hawk Roosting" considered a Dramatic Monologue?

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