Charlotte Mew: Poetry Literary Elements

Charlotte Mew: Poetry Literary Elements

Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View

Third-person subjective point of view

Form and Meter

Iambic meter

Metaphors and Similes

The simile is in the line, ‘More like a little frightened fay’ in the poem ‘The Farmer’s Bride.’

Alliteration and Assonance

Alliteration is in line ‘I shall miss the sycamore more, I suppose’ in the poem ‘From a Window.

Irony

The main irony is when Madeleine questions the church instead of pursuing self-reflection in the poem 'Madeleine in Church.'

Genre

Narrative poem

Setting

The setting is ambiguous and written in the context of romance

Tone

Romantic, fascinating, and reflective

Protagonist and Antagonist

The protagonist is Madeleine.

Major Conflict

In the poem 'A Quoi Bon Dire,' there is a conflict is between the speaker and the person's memory being addressed

Climax

The climax is in the poem 'June 1915', where spring brings melancholic contemplative to the speaker.

Foreshadowing

The experience in Paris rooms foreshadows the speaker's memories and allusions to a slow death.

Understatement

The influence of companionship in the poem ‘I So Liked Spring’ is understated.

Allusions

The poem ‘The Farmer’s Bride’ alludes to human love.

Metonymy and Synecdoche

N/A

Personification

The rat is incarnated in the poem 'The Trees Are Down.'

Hyperbole

N/A

Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia is in the line ‘With the 'Whoops' and the 'Whoa,' the loud common talk’ in the poem ‘The Trees Are Down.’

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