Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The poem “The London Lackpenny” is told from the perspective of a first person subjective point of view.
Form and Meter
The poem “The Testament of John Lydgate” is written in an iambic pentameter.
Metaphors and Similes
In the poem “The Floure Of Curtesye”, the narrator uses the month of February as a metaphor to represent death. In this poem, the narrator describes the way in which everything dies in the month of February and thus the month becomes used here as a metaphor.
Alliteration and Assonance
We find an alliteration in the poem “Vox Ultima Crucis” in the line””
Irony
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Genre
The poem “The Testament of John Lydgate” is a meditative poem.
Setting
The action in the poem “That Now Is Hay Some-Tyme Was Grase “ takes place in a meadow in an unnamed time.
Tone
The tone in the poem “The London Lackpenny” is a depressive and desperate one.
Protagonist and Antagonist
In the poem “Vox Ultima Crucis” the protagonists are the people described by the narrator as being God-fearing and the antagonist is the Devil who brings pain and suffering.
Major Conflict
The major conflict in the poem “The Floure Of Curtesye” is between life and death.
Climax
The poem “That Now Is Hay Some-Tyme Was Grase” reaches its climax when the narrator urges the reader not to trust anyone and anything in this world.
Foreshadowing
The title of the poem “Vox Ultima Crucis” foreshadows the last line of the poem in which the narrator offers to give his blood or rather his life for a greater cause.
Understatement
We find an understatement in the poem “The London Lackpenny” in the first stanza in which the narrator claims no truth can be found in London. In the later stanzas, this is proven to be an understatement.
Allusions
In the poem “Vox Ultima Crucis” the narrator alludes towards the idea that death is more desirable because it means being happy and being granted a place in Heavens where no one is suffering.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The term “tired” is used in the poem “Vox Ultima Crucis” as a general term to make reference to the troubles a person may experience during life and the desire to die as a result.
Personification
We find personification in the line “truth is no wise should be faint” in the poem “The London Lackpenny”.
Hyperbole
We find hyperbole in the line “whan the frosty moone” in the poem “The Floure Of Curtesye”.
Onomatopoeia
We find onomatopoeia in the line “crying with anguish” in the poem “Vox Ultima Crucis”.
