Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
A first-person objective point of view
Form and Meter
Free verse poem
Metaphors and Similes
A simile is present in the line, 'are rubbed by light, smooth as wood, the lurk’ in the poem ‘The Golden Shovel.’ The narrator compares the cute sticks to the smoothness of the wood.
Alliteration and Assonance
Assonance is the line, 'come to see us pluck as Elizabeth Cotton intended’ in the poem ‘New Folk.’
Irony
There is an irony in the opening line in the poem 'Stick Elegy' when the narrator says,' The dead were still singing Turn the lights down low.’ The statement contradicts the reality and expectations of readers.
Genre
Narrative poem
Setting
"Folkstyle" dialect
Tone
The tone is candid, and the mood is reflective.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist of ‘Ode to Big Trend’ is Big Trend.
Major Conflict
There is a conflict between Big Trend and his boss, who seems unwilling to pay due in time.
Climax
The climax is in ‘Stick Elegy’ when Stick jumps off the Yellow Bridge and breaks his ankle.
Foreshadowing
The narrator's confusing childhood foreshadows the complexity of adulthood in the poem 'The Golden Shovel.'
Understatement
The power in hands is understated in the poem ‘Ode to Big Trend.’
Allusions
The poem ‘Mystic Bounce’ alludes to the need to fix the world.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The State Championship Trophy is used as a metonymy for reward.
Personification
The corpse in ‘Stick Elegy’ is incarnated.
Hyperbole
N/A
Onomatopoeia
N/A
