Abstract

As famous British Poet Laureates, Alfred Tennyson and Ted Hughes both have created eagle images. However, the one under Tennyson’s pen is firm and persistent with a sort of loneliness and sorrow while the eagle under Hughes’ pen is brutal and proud. Aiming at analyzing the two poems’ thematic meanings and different emotions in two totally different historical times, this paper is going to compare Tennyson’s “The Eagle” and Hughes’ “Hawk Roosting” at the angle of eagle images. The eagle in the former is emphasized with a color of Nostalgia to express the poet’s desperate mourn over his best friend’s death while the hawk in the latter as a brutal killer and a tyrannical controller is written to be the symbol to represent human power.

Key Words: “The Eagle”; “Hawk Roosting”; eagle image

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1.Introduction1

2.“The Eagle” and “Hawk Roosting”3

2.1 Nostalgia in “The Eagle” and Human Power in “Hawk Roosting”.3

2.2 The Lonely Eagle and the Arrogant Hawk 4

3.Different Eagle Images in “The Eagle” and “Hawk Roosting”.6

3.1 Pattern Styles .7

3.2 Ecosystem and Egoism8

4.Analysis of Reasons for Different Eagle Images .8

4.1 Historical Conditions 8

4.2 Private Elements .9

5. Conclusion11

Works Cited.13