Anthony Hecht: Selected Poems Literary Elements

Collection of meditative poems

English

The action described in "The Dover Bitch" takes place inside the narrator's room over the course of a few hours.

The action in "A voice at a Séance" is told from the perspective of a first-person subjective point of view.

The tone and mood in "The Dover Bitch" is a tragic one.

The protagonist in "The end of the Weekend" is the firefly and the antagonist is represent by the idea of death.

The major conflict in "The Feast Of Stephen" is between life and death.

The action described in "The Dover Bitch" reaches its climax when the narrator leaves his room.

The first line in "The end of the Weekend" foreshadows the death of the firefly described in the last line of the poem.

The main understatement presented in "The Ghost in the Martini" is the idea that age does not matter. This is later proved not to be true when the narrator lists all the things an old person is no longer able to do.

The main allusion presented in "The Ghost in the Martini" is the idea that humans will do everything they can to maintain their youth.

The most important image described in "More Light! More Light!" is that of the Polish man being buried alive in a concentration camp. This image is extremely important because it shows just how inhumanely Jews were treated during the Holocaust.

We find a paradoxical idea in "Curriculum Vitae", a poem in which the narrator described how the majority of people are happier during tragic times than compared with how they are during calmer times.

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We have a personification in "A voice at a Séance" in the line "But patience is silent, withdrawal, the sad knowledge".

The main dramatic device used in "The Feast Of Stephen" is the dramatic monologue. Through those monologues, the narrator expresses his true feelings and ideas about the events taking place around him.