Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The action in the poem, "Contentment" is told from the perspective of a first-person subjective point of view.
Form and Meter
The poem "The Old Man Dreams" is written in iambic pentameter.
Metaphors and Similes
The term field in the poem "A Parody on “A Psalm of Life” is used as a metaphor to represent the problems and challenges one may face during their lifetime. as the poem progresses, the description of the field transforms from a place where peace and quiet reigns to the description of a battlefield where every person has to fight for their life.
Alliteration and Assonance
We find alliteration in the lines "I'd rather laugh, a bright-haired boy,/ Than reign, a gray-beard king" in the poem "The Old Man Dreams".
Irony
We find an irony in the poem "The Boys" when the narrator describes the male characters in the poem in an extremely negative way and claims they still have a lot of success even though they are by all means evil and depraved.
Genre
"Contentment" is a meditative poem.
Setting
The poem "The Boys" has no fixed setting because it is a meditative poem.
Tone
The tone used in "The Chambered Nautilus" is one filled with wonder.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist in "Old Ironsides" is the narrator and the antagonist is the character referred here as "her", the person who broke the narrator's heart.
Major Conflict
The major conflict in the poem "The Boys" is between reality and appearances.
Climax
The poem "The Chambered Nautilus" reaches its climax when the ship described in the poem sinks to the bottom of the ocean.
Foreshadowing
The death of the main characters in the poem "The Last Leaf" is foreshadowed by the narrator in the first line of the poem when the narrator describes a person who once went through the door never to return.
Understatement
In the beginning of the poem "Contentment", the narrator claims he does not need many physical possessions to be happy. This is, however, an understatement as the narrator lists in the rest of the poem many items which he sees as being necessary to life.
Allusions
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Metonymy and Synecdoche
The term ship is used in the poem "The Chambered Nautilus" as a general term to make reference to poetic inspiration and also to the sacrifices a writer must do in order to create something beautiful.
Personification
We find a personification in the line "Wealth's wasteful tricks" in the poem "Contentment".
Hyperbole
We have a hyperbole in the line "There are words so delicious" in the poem "A Familiar Letter".
Onomatopoeia
We find an onomatopoeia in the line "waters whispering softly" in the poem "A Familiar Letter".
