Dario

At first reading, I just enjoyed the readings.  But upon further reading, I noticed that the image of a swan appeared in all but one piece. I did some quick research online and found from Answers.com that a swan symbolizes balance, commitment, festive, grace, loyalty, majesty, and protectiveness. In Sonatina, it would seem that the swan would symbolize majesty and protectiveness exclusively. The sadness felt from the Princess seemed to call out for her prince to come and save her from misery. The protectiveness would be coming from the prince who is symbolically present in the swan. The majesty is more of her own, as for the fact that she is royalty.