Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The speaker is the omniscient observer, and the poems are written in third-person objective view.
Form and Meter
Sonnet and trochaic
Metaphors and Similes
In the third line of the poem ‘Bright Copper Kettles,’ the poet uses a simile to compare the footprints of the dead friends to a butterfly. Consequently, the poet implies that the dead friends’ feet are as weak as those of a butterfly.
Alliteration and Assonance
Alliteration is in the fourth stanza of the poem ‘Life of Savage.’ The letter "m" sound is repeated several times in the line.
Irony
The main irony is in the poem 'Thunderstruck,' in which the narrator is dead but still talking to readers.
Genre
Reflective poem
Setting
The poem is set in the US and written as a rejoinder to the murder of President Kennedy.
Tone
The tone is tense, and the mood is buoyant.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist is the narrator.
Major Conflict
There is a conflict between the living and the dead in the poem "Bright Copper Kettles."
Climax
The climax is in the poem 'Sequence,' in which the narrator explains the steps of the human process, starting with hell and ending with Purgatory.
Foreshadowing
The grieving in the poem "Bright Copper Kettles" foreshadows the narrator’s dreams.
Understatement
The impact of poverty is understated in the poem "Three Persons."
Allusions
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Metonymy and Synecdoche
The Mountain in the poem 'Imaginary' is used as a metonymy for obstacles.
Personification
The corpses are personified in the poem "Bright Copper Kettles," because they can speak.
Hyperbole
The hyperbole is in the lines "The house collapsed, and I was crushed under the rubble, pulverized, but here I am.” The speaker indicates that he was crushed by the rubble, and this implied that his chances of survival were very slim. However, the speaker proudly says that he is here implying that the crush had nothing to do with his life.
Onomatopoeia
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