https://padlet.com/helen_self/1l4nozlrc7tm Group essay 11-3 en-us 2018-01-29 14:37:17 UTC 2018-01-29 16:08:06 UTC hello@padlet.com helen_self https://padlet.com/helen_self/1l4nozlrc7tm/wish/225668445 2018-01-29 15:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/helen_self/1l4nozlrc7tm/wish/225668445 helen_self https://padlet.com/helen_self/1l4nozlrc7tm/wish/225668838 Byron and Sheers both use structure and form to reflect the conflict in each poem. We can see an example of this in When We Two Parted, in which Byron uses a continuous rhyming scheme and pounding rhythm of lines of dimeter which perhaps reflect his anger at the ending of the relationship. In comparison to this, Sheers "uses no set rhythm or rhyme scheme, which seems to reflect the quiet unease of the couple because their relationship is fractured. However, by the end of Winter Swans Sheers finishes the poem using a couplet to show the resolution. Byron's poem never changes from its original rhyme scheme, this shows how he hasn't reached a resolution. ]]> 2018-01-29 15:20:19 UTC https://padlet.com/helen_self/1l4nozlrc7tm/wish/225668838 helen_self https://padlet.com/helen_self/1l4nozlrc7tm/wish/225668888 Both poems show some major differences in their representations of conflict. In When We Two Parted the relationship does not become resolved while the relationship is resolved in Winter Swans. In both poems there is lots of conflict between the couples. The conflict in one results in "silence and tears'.
 Byron presents much more anger in his poem. This can be shown with quotes such as "long long long long shall I rue thee too deeply to tell." This shows the speakers extreme anger towards the other member of the relationship. As a contrast to this Sheers shows little anger in his poem. The argument is over by the end of the poem, being resolved "like a pair of wings settling after flight".  In winter swans the conflict between them is slowly resolved, for example "like boats  righting in rough weather". This is a simile as the couple resolving their conflict is "righting" as they move on. ]]> 2018-01-29 15:20:24 UTC https://padlet.com/helen_self/1l4nozlrc7tm/wish/225668888 helen_self https://padlet.com/helen_self/1l4nozlrc7tm/wish/225668957 Both poems show how conflict leads to emotional, and sometimes even physical separation between couples.. At the beginning of Winter Swans, the separation between the couple is represented through their physical actions - 'as we skirted the lake, silent and apart'. This suggests that the couple have experienced conflict and are keeping their distance due to emotional awkwardness between them. Sheers use direct words like 'silent' and 'apart' to describe their composure towards each other while also using words like 'skirted' to convey their feelings by avoiding each other. Use of physical separation is also adopted by Byron in 'When we two Parted' where the speaker describes how he is ' Half broken-hearted/ To sever for years', the word 'sever' showing how painfully and physically cut off from his lover he feels.]]> 2018-01-29 15:20:30 UTC https://padlet.com/helen_self/1l4nozlrc7tm/wish/225668957 helen_self https://padlet.com/helen_self/1l4nozlrc7tm/wish/225668999 The poets explore the conflict in each relationship by using natural imagery and pathetic fallacy. In 'When We Two Parted' Lord Byron uses pathetic fallacy when he says "The dew of the morning/sunk chill on my brow". This represents his feelings towards his ex-lover. It implies that the speaker is sad about the relationship and even suffering from an illness or even a sense of death, with the word 'chill'. In 'Winter Swans' pathetic fallacy is used when Sheers writes, "the waterlogged earth gulping for breath". This is a metaphor for their relationship. It makes it sound as if their relationship is being drowned by conflict and they are gulping for breath to get out of it. Winter Swans uses natural imagery, when Sheers writes, "in the dark water, icebergs of white feather". Sheers uses this contrast to make the swans stand out and to show their importance as they are a symbol of love. It is as if the swans, the carriers of love have come to fix the couple's relationship. However, natural imagery is also used in When We Two Parted to carry negative connotations, "Pale grew thy cheek and cold". This makes reader think of winter which links to death.]]> 2018-01-29 15:20:35 UTC https://padlet.com/helen_self/1l4nozlrc7tm/wish/225668999 helen_self https://padlet.com/helen_self/1l4nozlrc7tm/wish/225669056 The titles chosen by each poet direct the reader to the conflict in each relationship, though arguably, Byron's is more forceful: the phrase 'When We Two Parted' immediately indicates a broken relationship, the word 'parted' clearly revealing the end of a relationship. However, there is also a sense that the relationship and its painful emotions are not over for the speaker: by addressing the other person in the relationship 'when WE two parted', there is a sense of the speaker wanting to revisit the painful ending, and communicate with his ex-lover. Already, we get a sense of the lack of resolution to come. 'Winter Swans', on the other hand, is more ambiguous: swans are frequently used in literature as symbols of love; however winter is frequently used as a symbol of death. Simply the title creates a type of 'conflict' between love and death. ]]> 2018-01-29 15:20:42 UTC https://padlet.com/helen_self/1l4nozlrc7tm/wish/225669056 helen_self https://padlet.com/helen_self/1l4nozlrc7tm/wish/225669102 In 'Winter Swans', Owen Sheers explores a fight in a relationship, and in 'When We Two Parted' Byron explores the painful aftermath of a relationship that has completely ended. Both poets use nature and pathetic fallacy to convey the conflict in each relationship, but where the first is resolved, the second ends in 'silence and tears.']]> 2018-01-29 15:20:46 UTC https://padlet.com/helen_self/1l4nozlrc7tm/wish/225669102