Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
First-person perspective
Form and Meter
Iambic pentameter
Metaphors and Similes
The rockpool in the poem 'Why Do You Stay up So Late' is used as a metaphor for having fun.
Alliteration and Assonance
There is assonance in the line ‘with all those stones you’d stolen from the shore.’
Irony
The main paradox is the mystery of life in the poem ‘The Dead.’
Genre
Allegorical and narrative
Setting
Written in the context of the significance of love
Tone
Optimistic and sad
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist is Don Miguel
Major Conflict
The main conflict is that the poet’s lover stays up late.
Climax
The climax is when the poet accepts that everything is orderly with the lie in the poem 'The Lie.'
Foreshadowing
The secret color in the poem ‘Why Do You Stay up So Late’ foreshadows drama between the poet and her lover.
Understatement
The power of creativity is underestimated in the poem ‘The Unicorn.’
Allusions
The poem ‘The Wreck’ alludes to the significance of love between two people.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The term 'invigorators' is a metonymy for oiling the dirt.
Personification
The rodent in the poem ‘The Rat’ is given human abilities.
Hyperbole
N/A
Onomatopoeia
N/A
