Winter Swans Flashcards

All 8 cards in this deck

Who wrote ‘Winter Swans’, and in which collection?

Owen Sheers, in Skirrid Hill (2005).

Where does ‘Winter Swans’ take place?

On a walk around a lake after two days of rain.

Who are the people in ‘Winter Swans’?

A couple, walking apart after a difficult time.

What is the form of ‘Winter Swans’?

Six three-line stanzas (tercets) and a final couplet.

Which fact about swans is spoken in ‘Winter Swans’?

“They mate for life”.

Which device links the weather to the couple’s relationship in ‘Winter Swans’?

Pathetic fallacy: the storm passes as they make up.

What happens to the couple’s hands at the end of ‘Winter Swans’?

They join, one folded over the other.

Which simile ends ‘Winter Swans’?

The joined hands are “like a pair of wings settling after flight”.