Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
Third-person subjective point of view
Form and Meter
Free-verse
Metaphors and Similes
The simile is in the line, ‘Says it looks like a Federal courthouse' in William and Cynthia's poem.
Alliteration and Assonance
Alliteration is in the line, ‘The madwoman went marking X's’ in the poem ‘Early Evening Algebra.’
Irony
The main paradox is that the upper-class employees benefit from the sweat of the poor lower class employees and yet subject them to more poverty and suffering.
Genre
Narrative poem
Setting
The actions take place on an unnamed farm.
Tone
Enlightening and optimistic
Protagonist and Antagonist
Cynthia is the protagonist in the poem ‘William and Cynthia.’
Major Conflict
There is a conflict between workers and their employers in the poem ‘December.’ The farmers have remained to be poor despite their hard work.
Climax
The climax comes in the poem 'December,' where the speaker concludes that people must be compassionate towards each other regardless of their social class.
Foreshadowing
The similarities of the museum in the poem ‘William and Cynthia’ are foreshadowed by the mad woman’s revelation.
Understatement
Poverty is understated in the poem ‘December.’
Allusions
The poem ‘Early Evening Algebra’ alludes to the negative impact of insanity.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The chalk is used as a metonymy for the power of the mind.
Personification
Daylight is incarnated in the poem ‘William and Cynthia.’
Hyperbole
N/A
Onomatopoeia
N/A
