Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The action in the poem "Air Map" is told from the perspective of a first person subjective point of view.
Form and Meter
The poems do not have a fixed form and meter since they are written in a free verse style.
Metaphors and Similes
The sky is used in the poem "First Sight" as a metaphor for death.
Alliteration and Assonance
We have an alliteration in the line "Will the last kiss I gave her be the last" from the poem "Doubt".
Irony
We have an irony in the poem "Song of Love" in which the narrator describes how he only feels happy on a certain street. It is thus ironic when the narrator describes how he does everything he can to avoid the street in question.
Genre
Most of the poems are meditative ones.
Setting
The action in the poem "Fight Sight" takes place on an unnamed street at dawn.
Tone
The tone in most of the poems is a neutral one.
Protagonist and Antagonist
In most of the poems the protagonist is the narrator and the antagonist is represented by pain.
Major Conflict
The main conflict in the poem "Grain Elevator" is between the past and the present.
Climax
The poem "Grain Elevator" reaches its climax when the narrator enters his home.
Foreshadowing
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Understatement
In the poem "Grain Elevator" the narrator claims that he does not need love to live. This is later proven to be an understatement by the narrator when he compares love to water.
Allusions
The main allusion in the poem "The Breakup" is the idea that even though love is painful, it is also worth it.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The color red is used in the poems as a general term to make reference to pain.
Personification
We have a personification in the line "Love is keen and long" in the poem "Finale".
Hyperbole
We have a hyperbole in the line "The moon is a golden hoop" in the poem "New Version".
Onomatopoeia
The line "they suck and whisper it" from the poem "The Breakup" contains an onomatopoeia.
