Analysing 'Winter Swans'
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- Q1In 'Winter Swans', the couple are ...spending time together before their wedding the next day.happy because they have just found out they're expecting a baby.experiencing trouble in their relationship.on a first date.grieving after the death of a loved one.30s
- Q2In the middle of 'Winter Swans', Sheers uses a __________ to indicate a shift in the emotional tone (mood).ellipsisallegoryanecdotevoltarhetorical question30s
- Q3Which of these is an example of personification?The trees stretched their bony branches towards the sun.The trees towered over the tiny fox.Crunchy orange leaves fluttered down from the trees like confetti.30s
- Q4Complete the missing word in this quote from 'Winter Swans': "we skirted the lake, silent and apart, until the ______ came and stopped us"Users enter free textType an Answer30s
- Q5How many stanzas does 'Winter Swans' have?8674530s
- Q6Which language technique occurs in the final stanza of the poem 'Winter Swans'? ("and folded one over the other, like a pair of wings settling after flight")a rhetorical questiona metaphoralliterationpersonificationa simile30s