Winter Swans

Question 1

Poet

Answer 1

Owen Sheers

Question 2

Context

Answer 2

-Owen Sheers grew up in South Wales.
-Winter Swans was part of his 2005 collection of
poems entitled ‘Skirrid Hill’, a title which originates from the Welsh name ‘Ysgirid Fawr’: this roughly translates as ‘shattered mountain’.
-The collection deals with themes of separation, as exemplified by this raw poem about a man and a woman in the grip of relationship problems.