1
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Present tense
A
“The year goes”
2
Q
Metaphors
A
“The swan…a ghost”
“Fog drives monstrous”
3
Q
Repetition
A
“Goes” “fades” “decays”
4
Q
Tone
A
Sad regretful negative
“Dies” “decays”
5
Q
Connotation
A
“Cut evening cries, by warring air”
Violent
Conflict
6
Q
Humanity -theme
A
“Voices fade”
7
Q
Nature-theme
A
“Dies” “decays”
“Swan..a ghost”
8
Q
Humanity (man made) theme
A
“I do not know”
“Dead gray pane of ice”
9
Q
End line
A
“Sees nothing and that nothing sees”
Repetition
Nihilistic
10
Q
Comparison
A
Hyaena - death
Slate - nature
Slate - humanity
11
Q
First person narrative
A
“I find”
12
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Sentence structure
A
“It goes,and ice appears, it holds”
List
“…that sees nothing and that nothing sees”
Long sentence
Edwin Morgan Poetry
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