Snow swan
swan in the snow nose as cold as news from the north
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 4 January 1660.
Dave Bonta
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swan in the snow nose as cold as news from the north
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 4 January 1660.
In just three short lines, the poem gives us a quiet winter picture: a swan standing or gliding in the snow, white against white. The speaker looks closely enough to notice the swan's nose, which is really its bill, and the comparison that follows is the heart of the poem.
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