winter swans Flashcards
(15 cards)
what is the overall summery of winter swans
decribes a walk along a lake shared by a couple with the dynamic of their relationship being reflected in their natural surroundings. involves the upsopken diffouclties that they face as a couple
what is the context of winter swans
he wanted to incorperate natural elemts into his work, drawing attention to the lack of empathy between nature and humans
how is conflict and oppression shown the this poem
the personification of nature throughout the poem serves as a means of the inner confusion of the speaker
“the clouds had given their all - two days of rain for which we walked”
- displaying pathetic fallacy
- the clouds are given a determined personality which sets the tone of the poem
- suggesting that they still have a sense of hope even though the could are covering the sun,producing rain
the w words suggests question words highlighting their unresolved issues
” teh waterlogged earth” “ gulping for breath”
“water logged earth” - perhaps teh couple is feeling suffocated within the relationship
“gulping fro breath” - struggling for breath and they are struggling within their relationship
“until teh swans came and stopped us, with a show of tipping in unison as if rolling weights down their bodies to their heads”
“until” - first conjunction signifying change where nature has intervened
“unison” the swans are juxtaposing the separation in their relationship
the simile suggests that the couple should not be scared of delving into their issues
“weight” refers to the burden of the relationship that they are carrying but the swans have learnt to deal with it
” a show of tippin gin unison”
“show” could be hinting that the couple are pretending and put on a show to the external word to hide their internal problems because its easier to do than face their issues
- siblilance is a implication of unadressed and undiscovered secrets.
“they mate for life yous said as they left, porcelain over the stilling water”
- speakers partnter breaks the silence
” they mate for life” sheers is implying that human relationships should be ever lasting.
‘porcelain’ shows the fragility of relationships and how important it is it to invest in them through nurture and love
” we moved through the afternoon light”
- change in clouds there is no more rain and clouds which brings hope - they are on a path to resolve their issues
” i noticed our hands, that had, somehow, swum the distance between us”
- metaphor for how physically and emotionally close they are - “ noticed” it wasn’t planned and the swans had inspired this in a natural way
- caesura implies that pauses and hesitation and that one wrong move could end the relationship
“and folded one over the other a pair of wings settling after flight”
“one over the other” creates the idea of protection and that they dont need to fly away from each other anymore as their conflict has resolved
what is the rhyme and rhythm of the poem
it has no rhyme scheme or regular ryhme rhyme suggesting uncertainty within the relationship
how is winter swans simular to wwtp
loss of love - both reflect solemly on a loss of love through
- nature - specifically weather at the start of their poems to depict their state if mind - somewhat depicts a dreary wet atmosphere at a cold time of year
how is winter swans differnt to wwtp
speaker in wwtp presents a bitter attitude towards their lost lover
speaker in ws suggests that these issues can be overcome
sheer in ws focuses on nature
byron focuses on the retelling on emotion through the semantic field of death and how the relationship haunts him
essay plan for wwtp
Paragraph 1: Emotional Distance Through Physical Imagery
Paragraph 2: Nature as a Reflection of the Relationship
Paragraph 3: Language of Memory and Regret vs. Hope and Renewal
