Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Form and Meter
A free verse poem
Metaphors and Similes
A simile is used when the speaker says, "The world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese." The simile signifies the importance of acknowledging that the world is moving fast.
Alliteration and Assonance
Alliteration is in the “love what it loves” to signify the importance of loving your body.
Irony
The main paradox is that the speaker concludes that no one should be unhappy under whatever circumstance, which is unrealistic.
Genre
Allegorical poem
Setting
Set in 2004 in a factious gentle, peaceful landscape
Tone
Sanguine, reflective, and informative
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist is the speaker. The antagonists are the people who think they are doomed to suffer.
Major Conflict
There is a disagreement between the speaker and the people who think they are doomed to suffer. According to the speaker, everyone should find a way to be happy.
Climax
The climax comes when the speaker acknowledges that the natural world is the only heaven for whoever thinks life is unfair.
Foreshadowing
The vulnerability of the animal body foreshadows acceptance of human imperfection.
Understatement
There is an understatement when the poet says the wild geese have no freedom.
Allusions
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The soft animal is a metonymy for the heart.
Personification
N/A
Hyperbole
N/A
Onomatopoeia
N/A
