winter swans

Question 1

The relationship continues to go back to the same position no matter the conflict its been through (similie)

Answer 1

Like boats righting* in rough weather
* when swans return to correct position after falling

Question 2

Pairs - continue throughout poem
They are supposed to be together

Answer 2

’ a pair of wings’
‘they halved themselves’

Question 3

They begin by ignoring the issue

Answer 3

‘as we skirted the lake silent and apart’

Question 4

They end back together - They are supposed to last forever and settle down together like swans

Answer 4

’ and folded, one over the other, like a pair of wings settling after flight’. (non-rhyming couplet)

Question 5

Structure

Answer 5

Enjambement - the conflict is continuos and will never be concluded
Symmetry and pairing and couplets - they are a pair that belong together

Question 6

Context

Answer 6

Sheer is a welsh poet who identifies how people live today and mixes with love