Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
Third-person narrative
Form and Meter
A free-verse poem
Metaphors and Similes
The dinosaurs are metaphorically used to represent the complexity of women.
Alliteration and Assonance
Alliteration is in the line 'To mounds and mounds of ice" to aid readers in seeing the infinite expanse of space to get solutions to human suffering.
Irony
The primary paradox is that the youth in America only want to know about their artificial existence.
Genre
Fiction
Setting
Set in a fictional house in an unnamed city.
Tone
The tone is calming because it talks about a problem-free future.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist is the speaker and he is the only character mentioned in the poem. Therefore, there is no antagonist.
Major Conflict
There is a conflict between the sun and the anthropocentric world outlook.
Climax
The climax comes when men and women decide that they will live longer in the future world because there are no tensions and contemporary problems.
Foreshadowing
The stud mirrors foreshadow the future certainty.
Understatement
There is understatement when the author downplays women’s desire arguing that in the future world there will be no sexual desire.
Allusions
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
The sun is personalized and can converse and argue about his reassignment.
Hyperbole
Hyperbole is in the line 'History, with its hard spine and dog-eared corners.' This line is an exaggeration to mean history is unforgettable.
Onomatopoeia
N/A
