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Description
Mind Map by Shannon Dhillon, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Shannon Dhillon
about 6 years ago
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Winter Swans - Owen Sheers
- Context
- Published in
2005 collection,
Skirrid Hill
- Skirrid comes from
the Welsh word of
Ysgariad, meaning
divorce or
separation
- Skirrid comes from
the Welsh word of
Ysgariad, meaning
divorce or
separation
- His work explores history,
identity and relationships and
he likes to explore the
difficulties people face in
simply trying to live.
- Published in
2005 collection,
Skirrid Hill
- Feelings & Attitudes
- The swans’
display seems
to change the
mood between
the couple.
- They couple
carry on walking
and end up
holding hands-
they seem to
have reconciled.
- They don’t talk to each other and
they walk apart from each other-
their relationship is troubled.
- The swans’
display seems
to change the
mood between
the couple.
- Key Themes
- Distance
- Fulfilment
- Nature
- Peace
- Tension
- Tension
- Peace
- Nature
- Fulfilment
- Distance
- Direct Speech
- One small piece
of dialogue
Shifts the focus
back onto the
couple
- Breaks the silence
Shows that there’s
hope for their
relationship
- ‘They mate for life’
- One small piece
of dialogue
Shifts the focus
back onto the
couple
- Form
- Uneven line lengths
and lack of rhyme
scheme Contribute
to a feeling of
disjointedness
Reflects the
troubled nature of
the couple’s
relationship
- ‘as we
skirted the
lake, silent
and apart’
- Caesura Creates a
pause
Emphasises their
silence and
separation
- Caesura Creates a
pause
Emphasises their
silence and
separation
- Final stanza is a
couplet that
stands out
- ‘and folded, one over
the other’ ‘like a pair
of wings settling after
flight.’
- Shows that
they’ve been
reunited as a
couple
- Full stop Emphasises
the sense that the
trouble in their
relationship has been
resolved
- Full stop Emphasises
the sense that the
trouble in their
relationship has been
resolved
- Shows that
they’ve been
reunited as a
couple
- ‘and folded, one over
the other’ ‘like a pair
of wings settling after
flight.’
- Uneven line lengths
and lack of rhyme
scheme Contribute
to a feeling of
disjointedness
Reflects the
troubled nature of
the couple’s
relationship
- Natural Imagery
- Pathetic fallacy
and
Personification
of the weather
- Reflects how
their
relationship is
troubled and is
struggling for
life
- ‘the
clouds
had
given
their all’
- ‘the
waterlogged
earth
gulping
for
breath’
- ‘the
waterlogged
earth
gulping
for
breath’
- ‘the
clouds
had
given
their all’
- Reflects how
their
relationship is
troubled and is
struggling for
life
- Swans are an
extended
Metaphor for
their
relationship
- Part of the natural
world, they show
that love is natural
Influences the
couple
- They hold hands so
naturally They
don’t even notice it
happening
- They hold hands so
naturally They
don’t even notice it
happening
- Part of the natural
world, they show
that love is natural
Influences the
couple
- ‘icebergs of white
feather’
- Icebergs have more
below the surface of
the water than they
do above it
- Metaphor could suggest
that the couple keep
things hidden from each
other and aren’t
communicating
- Or it could imply
that their
relationship has
a strong
foundation
- Or it could imply
that their
relationship has
a strong
foundation
- Metaphor could suggest
that the couple keep
things hidden from each
other and aren’t
communicating
- Icebergs have more
below the surface of
the water than they
do above it
- ‘swum the
distance
between us’
- Their hands have
crossed the physical
distance between them
- They have come
closer together
emotionally and
metaphorically
- They have come
closer together
emotionally and
metaphorically
- Their hands have
crossed the physical
distance between them
- Pathetic fallacy
and
Personification
of the weather
- Contrasts
- Language about
disturbance and
peace Language
about separation and
togetherness
- ‘like boats
righting in
rough weather’
- Shows it’s been a
rough time for
their
relationship, but
things are
becoming more
stable
- The rough
weather
mirrors
the rain in
stanza 1 –
pathetic
fallacy
- The rough
weather
mirrors
the rain in
stanza 1 –
pathetic
fallacy
- Shows it’s been a
rough time for
their
relationship, but
things are
becoming more
stable
- ‘slow stepping in the
lake’s shingle and
sand’
- Sibilance creates the
impression of
softness Reflects the
softening of tension
between them
- Sibilance creates the
impression of
softness Reflects the
softening of tension
between them
- ‘like a pair
of wings
settling after
flight’
- They are no longer
two separate
things, but part of
one whole
- They are no longer
two separate
things, but part of
one whole
- Language about
disturbance and
peace Language
about separation and
togetherness
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