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Winter Swans -
Owen Sheers
- "clouds had given their all"
(personification of the weather)
- Heavy rain reflects the problems
in their relationship
- Heavy rain reflects the problems
in their relationship
- "gulping for breath"
(personification of the earth's
desperation)
- Links to their relationship struggling
- Links to their relationship struggling
- "skirted"
- Keeping to the edge of the lake and also
keeping their distance from each other
- Keeping to the edge of the lake and also
keeping their distance from each other
- "As if rolling weights"
- Image suggests that the couple are weighed
down by their problems
- Image suggests that the couple are weighed
down by their problems
- "like boats righting in rough water"
(simile)
- Shows it's been a rough time in their relationship
- Shows it's been a rough time in their relationship
- "They mate for life" (first
dialogue)
- Suggests a turn in their relationship
- Suggests a turn in their relationship
- "light"
- Suggests hope
- Suggests hope
- "swum...wings"
(swan imagery)
- Reflects how they're following the
example of the swans
- Reflects how they're following the
example of the swans
- "pair"
- They're no longer separate, but part of one whole
- They're no longer separate, but part of one whole
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