Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The action in the poem "The Angel with the Broken Wing" is told from the perspective of a first-person subjective point of view.
Form and Meter
"The Country Wife" so written in an iambic pentameter form.
Metaphors and Similes
Winter is used in the poem "The Gods of Winter" as a metaphor used to represent the problems one may have to face during their lifetime.
Alliteration and Assonance
We find an alliteration in the lines "I stood at the edge where the mist ascended,/My journey done where the world ended" in the poem "The End of the World".
Irony
The ironic element in "The Gods of Winter" is given by the way the people continue to go outside even if it not necessary and even though they know they are putting their lives in danger.
Genre
"The Country Wife" is a meditative poem.
Setting
The action in "The Country Wife" takes place in the middle of the night on an empty field.
Tone
The tone used in "The Angel with the Broken Wing" is a fearful and violent one.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist in "The Gods of Winter" is life and the antagonist is death.
Major Conflict
The major conflict in "The Gods of Winter" is between coldness and warmth.
Climax
"The End of the Wolrd" reaches its climax when the characters reach the end of the bridge.
Foreshadowing
In the first stanza of the poem "The End of the World," the narrator mentions how their journey will end once they reach the end of the bridge because there is no more road left to travel on. This foreshadows the reveal that the end of the world represents here death.
Understatement
In the first stanza of the poem "Gods of Winter" the narrator claims this season is an extremely mild one. This is proven to be an understatement as the narrator later admits many people lost their lives as a result of the harsh conditions.
Allusions
The main allusion in the poem "The Angel with the Broken Wing" is the idea that fear is born more than often out of ignorance not out of reality.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The term night is used in the poem "The Country Wife" as a general term to make reference to pain and suffering.
Personification
We have a personification in the line "the chatter of the gallery" in the poem "The Angel with the Broken Wing".
Hyperbole
We have a hyperbole in the line "As the current streaked over smooth flat stone" in the poem "The end of the World".
Onomatopoeia
In the poem "The Country Wife" contains an onomatopoeia in the line "Following their voice on the breeze".
