Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
"Mrs. Faust" is told from the perspective of the eponymous Mrs. Faust.
Form and Meter
The poem is written in free verse and has neither a regular form nor a regular meter.
Metaphors and Similes
The "Two toweled bathrobes" are a metaphor for how Mr. and Mrs. Faust lived similar, but fundamentally separate lives.
Alliteration and Assonance
N/A.
Irony
Rhythmically, "Mrs. Faust" is presented like a nursery rhyme. However, the subject matter it deals with is dark and adult.
Genre
Satire
Setting
The poem takes place in Mrs. Faust's mind and covers her relationship with Mr. Faust.
Tone
Confident, arrogant, and fast-paced.
Protagonist and Antagonist
Mrs. Faust (Protagonist); Mr. Faust (Antagonist)
Major Conflict
Mrs. Faust's struggles to contend with her husband, who made a pact with the devil.
Climax
When Mrs. Faust reveals that her husband, Mr. Faust, "doesn't have a soul to sell."
Foreshadowing
Mrs. Faust discovering that her husband doesn't have a soul to sell the devil is foreshadowed by some of her feelings about her husband which she elucidates in the first few lines of the poem.
Understatement
The contempt that Mrs. Faust has for her husband is understated in the poem.
Allusions
"Mrs. Faust" is chock-full of allusions to religion, German folklore, the work of Johann Faust, marital dynamics, and other mental health concepts.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A.
Personification
The serpent mentioned in line 109 is personified in "Mrs. Faust."
Hyperbole
Mrs. Faust says that a "fat Havana" was lit on the "sun," which is an example of hyperbole.
Onomatopoeia
N/A.
