Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The poem ‘‘Poem in October’’ is told from the perspective of a first person subjective narrator.
Form and Meter
The poem ‘’Ballad of the Long-Legged Bait’’ is written in a heroic couplet form.
Metaphors and Similes
In the poem ‘’This is remembered’’ the narrator compares love with the stone. The comparison has the purpose of showing how love is something that can cause pain that will be always remembered by those who experience that pain.
Alliteration and Assonance
We find alliteration in the line ‘’Myself to set foot/ That second/ In the still sleeping town and set forth.’’
Irony
One of the ironic elements presented in the poem ‘’Ballad Of The Long-Legged Bait’’ is how the sailors long to go back on the sea even though they knew they were outing their lives in danger.
Genre
The poem ‘’This is remembered’’ is a narrative poem.
Setting
The poem ‘Poem in October takes place on the narrator’s thirteen birthday in his hometown.
Tone
The tone used in the poem ‘’We lying by the Seasand’’ is a neutral one.
Protagonist and Antagonist
There are no protagonists and antagonists in the poems.
Major Conflict
The major conflict in the poem ‘’Ballad of the Long-Legged Bait’’ is between the sailors and the ruthless sea.
Climax
The ‘’Ballad of the Long-Legged Bait’’ reaches its climax when the ship sinks.
Foreshadowing
The beginning of the poem ‘’Ballad of the Long-Legged Bait’’ when the narrator describes the black flock of birds foreshadows the sinking of the ship.
Understatement
In the poem ‘’This is remembered’’ the narrator transmits the idea that we remember too much from our past. This is however an understatement as the narrator later shows how we are unable to recall what happened in more than half of our lives.
Allusions
In the poem ‘’This is remembered’’ the narrator talks about the preacher’s buzz and the blood of the communion. Through tis elements, the narrator suggests the idea that clergymen had the habit of getting drunk, often drinking from the wine that was supposed to be used during various religious occasions.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The term ‘’mother’’ is used in most of the poems as a general term to make reference to the unconditional love manifested in families.
Personification
We find a personification in the line ‘’ Boat with its anchor free and fast’’ in the poem ‘’Ballad of the Long-Legged Bait’’.
Hyperbole
We find a hyperbole in the line ‘’ For in this yellow grace of sand and sea’’ in the poem ‘’We lying by the Seasand’’.
Onomatopoeia
We find onomatopoeia in the line ‘’ The trodden town rang its cobbles for luck’’ in the poem ‘’Ballad of the Long-Legged Bait’’.
