Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The poem "In Support of Violence" is told from the perspective of a third-perspective point of view.
Form and Meter
The poems are written in free form and as such do not have a form and meter.
Metaphors and Similes
The prison is used in the poem "In Support of Violence" as a metaphor to represent the way in which women have no real power in society and the way in which men use their power to make the women around them feel inferior and powerless.
Alliteration and Assonance
No alliteration can be found in any of the poems.
Irony
One of the ironic element is presented in the poem "ALL THE DEAD BOYS LOOK LIKE ME" where the narrator claims that even though the police continues to abuse their power, many people continue to trust it and to put their faith in it.
Genre
"Concerning the Necropolitical Landscape" is a meditative poem.
Setting
The action described in “[SOMEWHERE IN LOS ANGELES] THIS POEM IS NEEDED” takes place inside the apartment where the narrator lives together with his sister.
Tone
The tone used in "Concerning the Necropolitical Landscape" is a violent one.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist in “[SOMEWHERE IN LOS ANGELES] THIS POEM IS NEEDED” is the narrator and her sister while the antagonist is the police officer.
Major Conflict
The major conflict in "ALL THE DEAD BOYS LOOK LIKE ME" is between the racial minorities and the police force.
Climax
The poem “Oakland, Cal” reaches its conflict when the narrator wakes up.
Foreshadowing
At the beginning of the poem “[SOMEWHERE IN LOS ANGELES] THIS POEM IS NEEDED” the narrator describes how he imagines killing the police officer inside their house. This foreshadows the later negative attitude the narrator will have regarding police officers and the police force in general.
Understatement
In the poem “[SOMEWHERE IN LOS ANGELES] THIS POEM IS NEEDED” the narrator claims in the beginning that the police want to protect the people. This idea changes towards the end of the poem when the narrator describes the way in which the police uses violence to control the population.
Allusions
The main allusion in the poem "Concerning the Necropolitical Landscape" is that the minorities in a country are always persecuted and as such should always be ready to face their untimely death.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The term boys is used in the poem "ALL THE DEAD BOYS LOOK LIKE ME" to represent the men and people killed by the police force because of their race.
Personification
We have a personification in the poem “Oakland, Cal” in the line "yellow tape is choking me".
Hyperbole
We have a hyperbole in the line " Dear Mother // please teach me how to hold the sorrow // without losing my arms" in the poem "Concerning the Necropolitical Landscape".
Onomatopoeia
We have an onomatopoeia in the line "I hear a man yell " is the poem “Oakland, Cal”.
