Analysing 'Winter Swans'
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- Q1In 'Winter Swans', the couple are ...grieving after the death of a loved one.spending time together before their wedding the next day.on a first date.experiencing trouble in their relationship.happy because they have just found out they're expecting a baby.30s
- Q2In the middle of 'Winter Swans', Sheers uses a __________ to indicate a shift in the emotional tone (mood).anecdotevoltarhetorical questionallegoryellipsis30s
- Q3Which of these is an example of personification?Crunchy orange leaves fluttered down from the trees like confetti.The trees towered over the tiny fox.The trees stretched their bony branches towards the sun.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?5648730s
- 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 similea rhetorical questionpersonificationalliterationa metaphor30s