h is for hawk

form

autobiography/memoir

(ps: CHECK WITH AN ENGLISH TEACHER AB THIS)

audience

hawk/bird enthusiasts

ppl grieving looking for hope

falconers

purpose

not simply to inform but to describe + make us feel how she felt the whole way

reflects fiction writing almost to achieve this

ideas

grief

one can have a meaningful relationship with an animal

perspective

someone grieving

sm1 who has taken care of lots of animals (yet isnt desensitised to them and has a meaningful relationship with one)

lines 1-15 annotations (3)

numbers boxes handles plywood hinges Concentration. Infinite caution.	semantic field - imagery minor sentences	concentration + precision
thump Thump	onomatopoeia	anticipation of the hawk
whirring, chaotic clatter of wings and feet and talons and a high-pitched twittering and its all happening at once	alliteration polysyndetic list	build excitement + tension

lines 16-40 annotations (5)

She is a conjuring trick. A reptile. A fallen angel. … splashed feathers.	long list of minor sentences	extensive description of bird = love she already has for it
Then it was a box.	short sentence	sympathy
the point-source…scraps of gulls	long, asyndetic unbroken list of everything she can now see	evoke emotion for the bird - we feel glad for it + puts us in its perspective
calm	juxtaposition	contrasts prev lines of chaos
All at once I loved this man, and fiercely.	temporal emotive adverb	disarray of emotions, chaotic state of mind

lines 41-60 annotations (4)

Oh.	prosodic feature minor sentence interjection one line paragraph	disappointment and impact of that disappointment on the writer
dear God	colloquial religious reference	disappointed reminder of grief
smoker darker bigger	triad of comparatives	negative view of this bird contrast with other hawk
This isn’t my hawk	prosodic feature short sentence	frustration + almost irrational emotions of the writer (reminder that she is greiving aswell)

lines 61-70 annotations (3)

instead…? larger bird? isn’t she? but I…Could I?	ellipses question marks	lack of self-assurance still feels like she should ask tho (connection w other bird is that strong) feels bad for troubling the man
white-faced woman with wind-wrecked hair and exhausted eyes	alliteration emotive	creates sympathy writer self-pity
There was a moment of total silence.	short sentence ends it	unresolved - we don’t know if she got the hawk or not - shows it was the journey + connection that mattered (mirrors grief aswell)