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The Hawk in the Rain

The Hawk in the Rain

The Hawk in the Rain is a collection of poems by the British poet Ted Hughes. Published in 1957, it was Hughes's first book of poetry. The book received immediate acclaim in both England and America, where it won the Galbraith Prize. Many of the book's poems imagine the real and symbolic lives of animals, including a fox, a jaguar, and the eponymous hawk. Other poems focus on erotic relationships, and on stories of the First World War, Hughes's father being a survivor of Gallipoli.


Ted Hughes photo
Ted Hughes photo

“The world rolls under the long thrust of his heel.
Over the cage floor the horizons come.”

"The Jaguar"
The Hawk in the Rain (1957)

Ted Hughes photo
Ted Hughes photo

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