Winter

• Society


  "Roses of mold from ceiling to wall"

  Shows how society has forgotten them and that they are seen as less important and forgotten
• Optimism


  "Mother and daughter"

  They are together and have each other through these harsh conditions and bad time
• Pesamism


  "Condemned to stand and not crash"

  Shows that the building should have been knocked down and should not still be standing
• Chance encounters


  "The man lies late"

  Shows them meeting was not intended but a coincidence
• Opening Lines

  "Mean wind wanders"

  Shows right from the start that this is going to be about poverty due to the double meaning of wind
• Closing Lines

  "An air to poor to rob"

  Shows they are stuck in severe poverty and many never escape it
• Helping Others


  "Mother and daughter"

  They are there for each other to help each other and look out for one another as family does they are each others rocks
• People


  "Mother and daughter" "the man"

  The people featured in the sonnet and that the sonnet is saying we need to help
• Places

  "Four stories have no windows left to smash"

  Shows how awful the place is and how dangerous and rough the area seems to be
• Speakers role


  Written as a sonnet so he is not involved love letter to Glasgow and the people who live there it is trying to imply they deserve better