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Winter Swans - Skirrid Hill - Coggle Diagram
Winter Swans - Skirrid Hill
"clouds had given their all"
Tired of fighting.
pathetic fallacy indicates couple are emotionally exhausted.
"Two days of rain and then a break"
Pathetic fallacy - Rain = conflict and tears.
"The waterlogged earth"
"Gulping for breath at our feet"
Both these quotes convey desperation for peace and inability to find words to express emotions.
Additionally suggesting there are attempts to rekindle relationship 'gulping".
"Boats righting in rough weather".
Couple feel ready to make peace.
"Porcelian"
Delicate and fragile relationship.
"which we walked"
allitteration.
"icebergs of white feathers"
sensory experience of the contrast between the solidity of ice versus the softness of feathers.
"Slow stepping", "shingle", "sand"
Sibilance adds to idea of delicacy.
adds to idea of peace.
"and folded, one over the other, like a pair of wings settling after flight"
correlating man and nature.
couple are unified again.
swans are a symbol for peace and love, this is mirrored within this simile.
ONGOING IDEA OF WATER SOLVING OR CAUSING CONFLICT - LIKE VALENTINE.
The couple walk around a lake, do not talk, till swans appear and make the couple rekindle.
Bleak and hostile tone of title. Mimics the coldness of the relationship.
"Until the swans came and stopped us with a show of tipping in unison."
Tone shift, signals unification and harmony.
"Halved themselves"
A half belongs to a whole. This suggests the couple are a part of a whole and the swans help them realise this.
"somehow, swum the distance between us", represents physical gap between pair have closed.
Written in tercets throughout, adds to the impression of couple being uneven. final lines are a couplet, suggesting the pair have reconciled and they will stay together.