H is for Hawk (Q4)

PLAN

1 - Power of bird

2 - Beauty of bird

3 - Ending

“thump“

forceful connotation + onomatopoeia = bird’s power

“a battle“

anticipation in reader

narrator’s possible fear of bird

plosive hyperbole = bird’s power

“chaotic clatter of wings“

cacophony of sounds + harsh alliteration = mirrors chaos of persona’s feelings

convoluted sentence structure + polysyndetic listing, alters pace = chaos of scene

“A fallen angel. A griffon“

fear grown to respect

mythical language = awe towards creature

grandiose imagery + depth of description = importance of moment, stemming from grief (distraction)

“like a turkey in a butcher’s shop“

simile, juxtaposes beauty + death

stresses value of bird in recovering from dad’s death

“It was the wrong bird.“

short sentence + para, reduced pace = anticlimactic structure + deflation of emotion in persona

“wind-wrecked hair and exhausted eyes“ “…?’

description = women’s need for our pathos in grief

elipse, broken syntax + pleading questions = pathetic speech

autobiography (prompted by grief) = catharsis