Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The action in the poem is told from the perspective of a first-person subjective narrator.
Form and Meter
The poems are written in free verse.
Metaphors and Similes
The glasses are used in the poem "Homework" as a metaphor used for knowledge and moral superiority.
Alliteration and Assonance
We have an alliteration in the poem "Avalon" in the line "I scribble this note, having overshot Gloucester".
Irony
We have an ironic idea in the poem "Zoom!" where the narrator describes the need to advance as something everyone needs to go through. Ironically, it is also presented as something which should be avoided at all costs.
Genre
All the analyzed poems are meditative ones.
Setting
Because the poems are meditative ones, there is no setting.
Tone
The tone used in the poems is a neutral one.
Protagonist and Antagonist
In "Zoom!" the protagonist is the narrator and the antagonists are those who are quick to advance in life.
Major Conflict
The major conflict in the poem "Zoom!" is between the need to advance and the desire to remain in a comfortable place.
Climax
The poem "Homework" reaches its climax when the teacher takes off her glasses.
Foreshadowing
The description of the asylum gates which appear at the beginning of the poem "Avalon" foreshadows the later insanity described in the poem.
Understatement
N/A
Allusions
In the poem "Avalon" the main illusion we find is the idea that normality is not real and that everyone is insane to one degree or another.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The moon is used in the poem "Homework" as a general term to make reference to unrealistic expectations.
Personification
We have a personification in the line "the asylum gates are locked and chained, but undone" in the poem "Avalon".
Hyperbole
We have a hyperbole in the poem "Homework" in the lines "and doodle a beard and mustache/ on the face of the moon/ with a red pen."
Onomatopoeia
We have an onomatopoeia in the poem "Zoom!" in the line "cars honking in the distance".
