The time between dawn and sunrise, when the sky is dimly-lit
Overflowing
Climb up a hill or river bank
To separate and go in different directions
Loud and noisy
Footstep
Not tired, and determined not to give up
Friendly
Victory, the gaining of control over someone or something
Water reeds; a type of plant
To please
To be present at, to serve
The Question and Answer section for The Wild Swans at Coole is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
. In the poem, the things that intimate eternity are the swans, which he observes continuing to live and love as they always have, unaware of the passage of time. The swans' love for each other, and their passion and dreams, never die. (Now it...
In the last stanza, the speaker observes the swans resting calmly on the water, and he takes in their majesty. He wonders where they will go after he is gone, knowing that they will continue to fly regardless of what happens to him, and that they...
The rhyme scheme is ABCBDD.
