Love and Relationships Poetry

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Across
  1. 2. – Symbol of support and safety, contrasted with “kite.” (Mother, any distance)
  2. 4. – Compared to sails to show strength and stature. (Follower)
  3. 7. – Represents direction or journey into the unknown. (Walking Away)
  4. 9. – Glamorous setting evoked by a blowing dress. (Before You Were Mine)
  5. 10. – Role of the admired figure, skilled in traditional labour. (Follower)
  6. 12. – Implied act of moving into the next world or phase. (Eden Rock)
  7. 13. – What the speaker tries to get while climbing. (Climbing My Grandfather)
  8. 14. – Sacred or nostalgic items tied to memory and loss. (Before You Were Mine)
  9. 16. – Evidence of past injury: “like warm ice. On his ___.” (Climbing My Grandfather)
  10. 17. – Symbol of memory, clarity, and possibly the afterlife. (Eden Rock)
  11. 19. – Action repeated in both childhood and old age. (Follower)
  12. 21. – 'That opens on an endless _________'(Mother, any distance)
  13. 23. – Place of uncertainty where independence begins.(Walking Away)
  14. 25. – Colour used repeatedly to suggest peace and light. (Eden Rock)
Down
  1. 1. – Longed-for expression: “the ___ I wanted.”(Before You Were Mine)
  2. 3. – Implied safety aid in a metaphor of steady ascent. (Climbing My Grandfather)
  3. 4. – “___ whitens as if lit by three suns.” (Eden Rock)
  4. 5. – Physical feature that hints at a tough life. (Climbing My Grandfather)
  5. 6. – Final message: it “is proved in the letting go.” (Walking Away)
  6. 7. – What the boy's father does in the poem (Follower)
  7. 8. – Final position of the admired figure: “who keeps stumbling ___ me.” (Follower)
  8. 11. – Ordinary picnic object evoking comfort and routine. (Eden Rock)
  9. 12. – Extended metaphor for learning and emotional growth. (Climbing My Grandfather)
  10. 13. – Verb showing how memory lingers painfully: “it still ___ at my mind.” (Walking Away)
  11. 15. – Symbol of the mother’s former self or memory. (Before You Were Mine)
  12. 18. – Celebrity allusion used to capture youthful glamour. (Before You Were Mine)
  13. 20. – Measurement object symbolising physical connection and growing distance.(Mother, any distance)
  14. 22. – “Like a satellite wrenched from its ___.” (Walking Away)
  15. 24. - I _______ through empty bedrooms'(Mother, any distance)