TPCASTT of Evening Hawk

1. Title:
When I think of Evening Hawk, I literally think of a hawk flying through the evening.

2. Paraphrase:
The sunset light forms lines and shapes with it's rays
The sun is setting, with just a little light left
A hawk comes swooping through the last of the light
The hawk's wing cuts through the air

The hawk climbs the through the last of the dying light
The unforgiving Earth flies below him, and his eye sees everything

The last breath is still
His widow is ancient and immense
The star is steady

3. Connotation:

Imagery: There is a lot of amazing imagery in this poem. The main type of visual imagery. Warren does a great job of enabling the reader to picture what the hawk. and the scene is doing.

Diction: Warren uses numerous geometric and shape references to bring to light the scenery of the hawk flying at sunset.

Symbolism: The Evening Hawk is riddled with symbolism. in general, the sunset is symbolic of a life coming to a close, and the hawk itself represents death searching for its next victim. The lines "The crashless fall of stalks of Time" and "Scythes down another day" and "Who knows neither Time nor error, and under / Whose eye, unforgiving, the world, unforgiven, swings" demonstrate the heavy use of symbolism in the Evening Hawk. The stalks very well could be human lived being cut down, or ended. A scythe cuts down another day from our lives. The last passage is symbolic of the unforgiving nature of death. No matter your education, wealth, poverty, looks, etc. death is not picky: you can die at any moment.

4. Attitude:

The attitude is dark and ominous. The hawk seems to be feared, yet revered in the same token. This is representative of death: we fear the day we die, always trying to prevent that last moment, but for some, death can be relief and a beautiful thing.

5. Shifts:

The Evening Hawk begins with heavy description of the scene: the hawk soaring through the dying light of the sun. The poem is smooth and flows. There is obvious shift in the fourth stanza with the words "Look! Look!". This break is where the poem shifts from a mere description to a in depth and ominous description of human death.

6. Title:

Now looking back of the title, The Evening Hawk, I no longer think about a literal hawk cutting through the rays of sunset. I now picture a messenger of deaf coming down upon it's next victim. The sunset is symbolic of a life coming to a close.

7. Theme:

The theme of the Evening Hawk is solely about death, and the end of a human life. It describes a hawk, gracefully flying through the evening. Time, regrets, misfortunes, accomplishments, etc. are unimportant at this stage. Death overcomes all. Our days are numbered--humans are not invincible, and death shows no mercy.