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very nature of the poem being written from the perspective of a hawk in ‘Hawk Roosting’ is, as we touched upon earlier, Hughes’ way of exploring a deeper reality, placing the reader right into the seat of a hawk’s consciousness through language. The diction that Hughes uses in the poem is both intelligent and precise, for example:- ‘There is no sophistry in my body’ and, ‘No arguments assert my right’. This lends an intelligence towards the conceit of a hawk’s thoughts, and thus makes the uncompromising imager...