The Hawk by W.B. Yeats (1919)
The Hawk is a collection of poems by W.B. Yeats, published in 1928. The poems explore themes of love, death, and the natural world. The collection is divided into two sections: “The Hawk” and “The Wild Swans at Coole.” The first section, “The Hawk,” is a series of poems about a hawk that Yeats observed in his garden. The poems explore the hawk’s beauty and power, as well as its relationship to the natural world. The second section, “The Wild Swans at Coole,” is a series of poems about a flock of swans that Yeats observed at Coole Park in Ireland. The poems explore the beauty and mystery of the swans, as well as their relationship to the natural world. The Hawk is a powerful and moving collection of poems that explore the beauty and mystery of the natural world. It is a timeless classic that will continue to inspire readers for generations to come.
By W.B. Yeats · First published 1919 · Genre: Poetry, Romanticism, Nature Writing · 99 words
First lines
'Call down the hawk from the air; Let him be hooded or caged Till the yellow eye has grown mild, For larder and spit are bare, The old cook enraged, The scullion gone wild.'
'I will not be clapped in a hood, Nor a cage, nor alight upon wrist, Now I have learnt to be proud Hovering over the wood In the broken mist Or tumbling cloud.'
'What tumbling cloud did you cleave, Yellow-eyed hawk of the mind, Last evening? that I, who had sat Dumbfounded before a knave, Should give to my friend A pretence of wit.'
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: W.B. Yeats
- Date: 1919 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Poetry, Romanticism, Nature Writing, Modernism
- Length: 99 words
- Structure: 1 section, 3 paragraphs
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Genres
- Poetry — The Hawk is a poem written by W.B. Yeats, making it a work of poetry.
- Romanticism — The Hawk is a romantic poem, as it focuses on the beauty of nature and the power of the imagination.
- Nature Writing — The Hawk is a nature poem, as it focuses on the beauty of the natural world and the power of the imagination.
- Modernism — The Hawk is a modernist poem, as it uses free verse and employs a stream-of-consciousness style of writing.
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poetry · W.B. Yeats · symbolism · nature · mythology · spirituality · Irish literature · modernism · imagery · transcendence · identity · wisdom