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The poem is not bound by a strict metre but mixes line length to empahasie certain imagery as can can be seen in the first stanza in the empahsis of “still sky”. The first five lines of the third stanza are iambic; the iambic pattern aids the development of an argument as the pace increses due a regularity in syllabic constructions providing rythme. The third stanza addresses the degredation of the images prviously created of nauture and harmony: “I have looked upon those brilliant creatures,/ And now my heart is sore.” The pain felt is of grief of a way of living, the voice is representative of a society and heritage; just as th memories of swans are limited by numbers so is the way of life of a society. The change in the poem is presented in the final line of the third stanza, as a iambic rhythme is replaced by trachic; this change highlights the argument that has been built up through rythme: “Tht bell-beat….Trod with a lighter tread.” The force of nature is demonstrative in the the second stanza with the “clamouros wings” of the swans.
Jeffery Spenser from United Kingdom