The idea of a generation gap is also presented and carried through "Kornelia Woloszczuk". Throughout the poem, Skrzynecki differentiates between Kornelia's grim view of life and her child's innocent and undeveloped perception of the surrounding world. Kornelia is associated with images of eternity and the supernatural; she is compared to the very elements of the world around her, as she has "Eyes to outstare / The face of the waters". Her son is more concerned with the visual, natural world; "I listen for birdcalls, / Look at breaking water / With every fish in air." The tragic tone of the poem suggests that Kornelia is unhappy and dissatisfied with her life, which is then contrasted with the son's confusion regarding his inability to solve that suffering. Clearly, Kornelia finds it difficult to cope with the notion of change, and has trouble moving on.
"Sky High" presents the same idea as the poems of Peter Skrzynecki "Felix Skrzynecki" and "Kornelia Woloszczuk" in terms of the changing perspectives presented. Both "Felix Skrzynecki" and "Kornelia Woloszczuk" describe change as an inevitable part of life that comes as one matures or grows older. "Sky High" is a short story is a reflective piece as the narrator remembers her childhood experiences, using the symbol of the "washing line" to show the changes in her perspective of the "washing line" through her experiences of adult hood.
The first person narrator remembers the washing line "first", with its "silver skeletal arms". This image is the central image of her reminiscence. She describes the garden surrounding it and the "best climbing tree", which was "festooned with socks and knickers and shirts". The nostalgic tone is established as we are caught up in her world of colour and nature as she notes the "almond tree", the nectarine tree's "hard, bird-bitten fruit" and other flora.
The reader is moved on to an image of an "older, more age warped washing line" that depicts the passage of time since she once soared in the childhood memory previously described.
