Winter swans

Question 1

Implies that the conflict in the relationship is at an end

Answer 1

“Settling after a flight”

Question 2

Simile - swans are calm and pacifying in the conflict of the speakers relationship

Answer 2

” Like boats righting in rough weather”

Question 3

Pathetic fallacy - symbolise conflict in relationship

Answer 3

“Two days of rain and then a break”

Question 4

Metaphor - suffocation suggests the relationship is dying

Answer 4

“Gulping for breath”

Question 5

Shows how unified the swans are, as all relationships should be

Answer 5

“Tipping in unison”

Question 6

Context

Answer 6

Poem is taken from Skirrid hill which means divorce

Question 7

Links to other poems

Answer 7

Neutral tones - Broken relationship