The poem takes place on top of the wood in the high trees. In the poem it says “I sit in the top of the wood” The convenience of the high trees so its based in first person and by the title its a hawk sitting on top of the high trees in the woods.  At the end of the poem it takes place as the hawk is flying away from the sun ready to catch his pray. In this poem each line is 4. Every stanza has 4 lines it says “my manners are tearing off heads”. This line stands out to me because the way the hawk says it as he does not feel sorry for the deaths he has committed he does not regret what he does. He fears nothing at all he acts like he is god and that no one can touch him. The similarities between hawk and mankind is that the hawk thinks nature gives him everything the hawk acts like god is underneath him and that he was created by nature and god is not on his level. The poem sums up a hawk that feels that he is more powerful than anyone and that he was made by nature.