Summary Of The Swan At Edgewater Park

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The Swan at Edgewater Park by Ruth L. Schwartz has one major message that it is trying to get across. I believe that the poet is trying to say that beauty isn't just skin deep, but that regardless of what they look like on the outside a person can still be beautiful on the inside. The line that gave this impression the most was the line where she says “Beauty isn't the point here; of course the Swan is beautiful.”. Schwartz is acknowledging the fact that swans are physically beautiful, but more than just the physical aspect of beauty Schwartz is talking about the swans inner beauty. In the very first line of the poem Schwartz explains to the reader “ Isn't one of your prissy rich people's swans” she dispels any connotation the reader