Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The action in the poem "Address to the Devil" is told from the perspective of a first-person subjective point of view.
Form and Meter
The poem "Ae Fond Kiss" is written in an iambic pentameter form.
Metaphors and Similes
The term "dog" is used in the poem "Address to the Devil" as a metaphor to represent the normal person who is easy to be controlled and manipulated.
Alliteration and Assonance
We have an alliteration in "Afton Water" in the line "There daily I wander as noon rises high,".
Irony
We have an irony in the poem "Ca' the Yowes to the Knowes" in which the narrator claims that the water is extremely dangerous and yet we see that he continues to want to bathe in it and explore it.
Genre
The poem "Address to the Devil" is an meditative poem.
Setting
Because "Afton Water" is a meditative poem, there is no fixed setting.
Tone
The tone used in "Address to the Devil" is an reverential one.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist in "Ae Fond Kiss" is the narrator and the antagonist is his lover.
Major Conflict
The major conflict in "Duncan Gray" is between desire and those things in a person's life which have substance but do not bring any type of happiness.
Climax
The poem "Highland Mary" reaches its climax when the narrator and his lover share a passionate kiss.
Foreshadowing
At the beginning of the song "Afton Water," the narrator describes a character who is sleeping and how it is in a complete state of repose. This description foreshadows the later description of the character who had died.
Understatement
We have an understatement at the beginning of the poem "Duncan Gray" when the narrator claims that the sole purpose of the main character is to seduce as many women as possible. Later in this poem, this is proven to be an understatement because the narrator admits that the character had other interests as well.
Allusions
One of the main allusions we find in "Afton Water" is the idea that death is not something to be scared of but rather a place and time where everyone will have the possibility to taste freedom and happiness.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The term love is used in "Duncan Gray" as a general term to make reference to both physical and intellectual attraction.
Personification
We have a personification in the line "Ca' them where the burnie rows," in the poem "Ca' the Yowes to the Knowes".
Hyperbole
We have a hyperbole in the line "Deep in heart-wrung tears" in the poem "Ae Fond Kiss".
Onomatopoeia
We have an onomatopoeia in the poem "Ae Fond Kiss" in the line "Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee!".
