Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The poems are presented from a first person subjective point of view.
Form and Meter
The poems are written in an iambic pentameter.
Metaphors and Similes
In the poem entitled "On the King’s Illness’’ the narrator mentions the sleep that will allow the King to finally rest and escape from all the pain and suffering his illness caused him. The sleep mentioned in this context is used as a metaphor for death.
Alliteration and Assonance
We find alliteration in the line "Tuned to the murmurs’’.
Irony
The author notes ironically in the poem "On the King’s Illness’’ how in death it does not matter is a person was a peasant or a King. She notes how in those moments, every person ends up being equal to the other people who died.
Genre
Most of the poems are odes and elegies.
Setting
The poems do not have a fixed setting because they are not narrative poems.
Tone
The tone used in many of the poems is a sad and remorseful one.
Protagonist and Antagonist
In the poem "Autumn’’ the protagonist is summer and the antagonist is winter.
Major Conflict
In the poem "On the King’s Illness’’ the major conflict is between the old King and the king that will follow him.
Climax
There are no climactic moments in the poems.
Foreshadowing
The poem entitled "On the King’s Illness’’ foreshadowed how the King was forced to step down only months after the poet published her work.
Understatement
When the poet writes about King George and talks about his afflicted spirit is an understatement because historical documents prove that many believed the King to be mad.
Allusions
In the poem entitled "On the King’s Illness’’ the author alludes in the first lines that the King may soon die because of his illness.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
In the poem entitled "To Mr. Bowring’’, the term "tongue" is used as a general term to make reference to all the languages translated by Mr. Bowring.
Personification
We find personification in the poem entitled "To Mr. Bowring’’ in the line where the poet talks about the Russian language and describes it as being "the rude Russ’’.
Hyperbole
We find hyperbole in the line "Dissolved to strains of liquid harmony’’.
Onomatopoeia
There are no notable instances of onomatopoeias found in the poems.
