"The spotted hawk swoops by" by Whitman by Colin Jones (Student FVHS) https://padlet.com/cpjones102/vsjorrq2r7vszyy4 Bryan and Colin en-us 2022-02-17 21:01:29 UTC 2022-02-18 21:14:32 UTC hello@padlet.com cpjones102 https://padlet.com/cpjones102/vsjorrq2r7vszyy4/wish/2054091043 2022-02-17 21:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cpjones102/vsjorrq2r7vszyy4/wish/2054091043 The Poem https://padlet.com/cpjones102/vsjorrq2r7vszyy4/wish/2054095369 The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he complains of my gab and my loitering.
I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable,
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.
The last scud of day holds back for me,
It flings my likeness after the rest and true as any on the shadow’d wilds,
It coaxes me to the vapor and the dusk.
I depart as air, I shake my white locks at the runaway sun,
I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags.
I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love,
If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.
You will hardly know who I am or what I mean,
But I shall be good health to you nevertheless,
And filter and fibre your blood.
Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged,
Missing me one place search another,
I stop somewhere waiting for you.

]]> 2022-02-17 21:11:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cpjones102/vsjorrq2r7vszyy4/wish/2054095369 cpjones102 https://padlet.com/cpjones102/vsjorrq2r7vszyy4/wish/2054095461 2022-02-17 21:11:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cpjones102/vsjorrq2r7vszyy4/wish/2054095461 Question 1 What is the poem’s tone? Which words reveal this tone? Is the poem ironic? https://padlet.com/cpjones102/vsjorrq2r7vszyy4/wish/2054096682 The poem's tone is strengthening a person's self-esteem because the hawk represents negativity and death, and the hawk harasses the narrator, but he will not allow death to affect him. His emotion is portrayed by a sample of the poem like, "I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable." It is very positive and it shows the reader taking a stand in his life and being humble. ]]> 2022-02-17 21:12:35 UTC https://padlet.com/cpjones102/vsjorrq2r7vszyy4/wish/2054096682 Question 6 What is the theme (the central idea) of this poem? Can you state it in a single sentence? Elaborate on your idea. https://padlet.com/cpjones102/vsjorrq2r7vszyy4/wish/2054097000 The theme of the poem shows that the reader lives a good life until the hawk comes along and starts to disrupt him by screaming and hawking. Still, he screams his happiness so the world can hear he is unfazed by the hawk. The line that contains imagery of the scream is, "I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world." Near the end, he is more aware of his death, and he believes he will go out to live with nature after he is buried. "I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love" ]]> 2022-02-17 21:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cpjones102/vsjorrq2r7vszyy4/wish/2054097000 Question 3 What images does the poet use? How do the images relate to one another? Do these images form a unified pattern (a motif) throughout the poem? cpjones102 https://padlet.com/cpjones102/vsjorrq2r7vszyy4/wish/2054097054 The poet uses the hawk as a form of predator vs prey and conveys this message by, "it coaxes me to the vapor and the dusk". The poet also uses the image of, "I sound my barbaric yawp" to enforce the idea of the hawk being hostile.]]> 2022-02-17 21:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cpjones102/vsjorrq2r7vszyy4/wish/2054097054 Question 8 How important is the contribution of form, such as rhyme scheme and line arrangement? How does form influence the overall effect of the poem? cpjones102 https://padlet.com/cpjones102/vsjorrq2r7vszyy4/wish/2054097514 I believe the poet uses short stanzas to reference the short fights that a hawk will take. "The spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me", is a reference to the time a hawk uses to swoop on its victim's is short and sweat in the eyes of a hawk. The form also increases the effect of the poem by allowing the reader to get a feeling of being in flight as the hawk.]]> 2022-02-17 21:13:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cpjones102/vsjorrq2r7vszyy4/wish/2054097514