INTRO POINT: I WILL ANSWER THE QUESTION WITH THIS ARGUMENT AND EVERY

PARAGRAPH WILL BACK THIS POINT UP:

c
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ONE

POINT Swans are precious

EVIDENCE Enjambment: “Delight men’s eyes when I

awake some day to find they have flown
away”

ANALYSIS (WHY DOES THIS PROVE Enjambment suggests fast movement

POINT) which reinforces the fast motion of the
birds fleeing.

LINK This can tell us that the author likes swans

and thinks that they are precious

TWO

POINT Swans are passionate

EVIDENCE Onomatopeia: “The bell-bed of their wings

above my head

ANALYSIS (WHY DOES THIS PROVE The noisy words “bell-bed” are like the
POINT) sound of the birds wings.

LINK The poet likes swans and their bell-bed

movement.

THREE

POINT Swans are beautiful

EVIDENCE Delayed “Under the October twilight the

water”

ANALYSIS (WHY DOES THIS PROVE The water being delayed till the end of the
POINT) line sounds more poetic which makes it
sound more beautiful

LINK The poet likes being with swans

FOUR
POINT Swans are mysterious

EVIDENCE “Their hearts have not grown old”

ANALYSIS (WHY DOES THIS PROVE Your heart grows as grow older but it is
POINT) mysterious how the poet says that swan’s
hearts don’t grow old

LINK Because the swans are mysterious, the

poet likes them.

FIVE

POINT Swans can be sad

EVIDENCE Imagery “puddle in the cold”

ANALYSIS (WHY DOES THIS PROVE “Puddling in the cold” creates a sorrowful
POINT) image in the reader’s mind because you
feel worse in the cold than when its hot
and puddling is a slow movement.

LINK Swan’s can be sad, which means that the

poet doesn’t always like swans.

CONCLUSION:

I THEREFORE ANSWER THE QUESTION IN THIS WAY: