Describes a troubled couple walking around a lake. Captivated by two swans. Swans are a metaphor for companionship. By the end the couple's problems begin to heal.
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Language - clouds
"The clouds had given their all - two days of rain" - personification, pathetic fallacy, two days of arguments between the couple.
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Language - earth
"The waterlogged earth gulping for breath" - drowning in their problems, personification.
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Language - slow stepping
"Slow-stepping in the lake's shingle and sand". Dancing, sibilance creates a slow calm movement.
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Language - wings
"like a pair of wings settling after flight" they are reunited. Present participle settling conveys they still need to work on their problems.
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Context
Owen grew up in South Wales
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Form and Structure - stanzas
tercets, no rhythm or rhyme - represents the turbulent nature of their relationship.
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Form and structure - first 4 stanzas
portray troubles
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Form and structure - last 3 stanzas
portray healing
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Form and structure - final stanza
a couplet
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
"The clouds had given their all - two days of rain" - personification, pathetic fallacy, two days of arguments between the couple.
Back
Language - clouds
Card 3
Front
"The waterlogged earth gulping for breath" - drowning in their problems, personification.
Back
Card 4
Front
"Slow-stepping in the lake's shingle and sand". Dancing, sibilance creates a slow calm movement.
Back
Card 5
Front
"like a pair of wings settling after flight" they are reunited. Present participle settling conveys they still need to work on their problems.
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