Hughes, Ted. "Crow Goes Hunting".

Summary

- an absurd fable of the brutality (of the crow) losing the battle against the wit (of the hare)

- the crow decides "to try words", focuses on the hare to diminish it with his words

- the hare turns itself into "a concrete bunker" for protection; when blasted by bombs the bunker turns into "a flock of starlings"; when shot down the starlings turn into rain; when swallowed by a reservoir the water turns "into an earthquake" and then into a leaping hare

- the crow remains astounded at his having been cheated by the hare

Analysis

- relatively regular stanza, no rhyme, stark repetition and anaphora

- the motif of words as connected to the power: the predatory crow uses words for destruction