Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The poem "Apple" is told from the perspective of a first-person subjective point of view.
Form and Meter
"The Dead Tree" has no form and meter because it is written in blank verse.
Metaphors and Similes
The tree is used in the poem "The Dead Tree" as a metaphor that represents the inevitability of death.
Alliteration and Assonance
We have an alliteration in the line "you'll learn something despite the tube" in the poem "The Artist".
Irony
In the poem "Exodus with Children" the narrator describes the way in which white society had pushed the Native Americans to the point of extinction. While the white population believed, in the beginning, this was for their own good, ironically this was not the case and now many communities are at risk or disappearing completely because of this.
Genre
The poem "The Artist" is a meditative poem on the creative process.
Setting
The action in "The Artist" takes place inside the artist's flat during the course of a few hours.
Tone
The tone in the poem "Apple" is a neutral one.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonists in "Exodus with Children" are the native Americans and the antagonists are the settlers.
Major Conflict
The major conflict in "The Dead Tree" is between life and death.
Climax
The poem "The Artist" reaches its climax when the person described in the poem turns off the TV.
Foreshadowing
No foreshadowing elements can be found in the poems.
Understatement
We have an understatement in "Exodus with Children" when the narrator claims the white settlers had the best intentions when they persecuted the Native Americans. This is proven not to be the case when the narrator describes the way in which the Natives were almost eradicated completely by the white settlers.
Allusions
One of the main allusions in the poem "The Dead Tree" is the idea that there is no God or superior force that controls the world. Instead, the narrator claims nature is the most powerful thing on our planet and that our lives are controlled by it even though no one realizes it.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The term "apple" is used in the poem with the same name as a general term to make reference to desires.
Personification
We have a personification in the poem "Apple" in the line "such air-fairy distractions"
Hyperbole
The line "He'd move throughout the spectrum warm and cool" in the poem "The Artist" contains a hyperbole.
Onomatopoeia
We have an onomatopoeia in the line "she listened for the silence" in the poem "The Dead Tree".
