A bird is roosting on the top branch in the wood. The hawk is sleeping, thinking about the advantages in nature that makes him advantageous over everything below him. The Earth is starring the hawk in the face.

The poem theme is about a hawk who dreams to become a perfectionist at killing his prey. Likewise, during times of conflict, mankind always wants to outwit and defeat their opponents and win the battle. Similarly, the hawk practises to become an expert in killing its prey.

The convenience of the high trees, the air’s buoyancy and the sun’s ray give the hawk an advantage over things below him. The hawk believes nature gives him many advantages over aspects in the woods. The hawk has a bird’s view. Bird’s see the world in a way that humans can’t. the hawk sound like he has authority and control. The hawk believes his feathers and each foot has been created specially in the image of God. the hawk sees himself greater than God, now that nature gives him superiority.

In stanza 3, the poet uses the technique caesura to describe the hawk’s standpoint towards its prey. The hawk focuses on its prey and can’t move. Therefore, the full stop is used to notify that the bird is focused on its prey. Another technique the poet uses is enjambment . In stanza 2, line 2-3 you know the air’s buoyancy and the sun’s ray are of advantage to the hawk. The hawk can glide through the air as nature gives him many advantages.