Death Over Water
In the poem “Death Over Water” by Elizabeth Rhett Woods, a pair of male and female ice dancers are compared to birds. The use of an extended metaphor parallels ice dancers to the animalistic relationship of an eagle and the seagull that is its prey. Both characterize the same fluid movements, as a gull “swerves across/ the open water” (Line 5-6) similarly to skaters gliding smoothly across the ice. Furthermore, the eagle soars with the gull “always above and beyond it, parallel, like the way a male partner moves in front of his partner” (Line 8-10), which represents the eagle's sense of superiority. In ice dancing, the male is traditionally the lead. He is in control of the performance. This ascendancy is similar to the relationship
In the poem “Death Over Water” by Elizabeth Rhett Woods, a pair of male and female ice dancers are compared to birds. The use of an extended metaphor parallels ice dancers to the animalistic relationship of an eagle and the seagull that is its prey. Both characterize the same fluid movements, as a gull “swerves across/ the open water” (Line 5-6) similarly to skaters gliding smoothly across the ice. Furthermore, the eagle soars with the gull “always above and beyond it, parallel, like the way a male partner moves in front of his partner” (Line 8-10), which represents the eagle's sense of superiority. In ice dancing, the male is traditionally the lead. He is in control of the performance. This ascendancy is similar to the relationship