Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
This poem has a third-person narrator, describing the scene.
Form and Meter
Free-verse
Metaphors and Similes
Lucifer is a metaphor for evil and corruption.
Alliteration and Assonance
"A silver Lucifer
Serves
Cocaine in cornucopia"
Irony
Ironically, the moon is presented as a corrupted and hedonistic place, despite the fact that the moon is associated with virginity in some cultures.
Genre
Modernist poetry
Setting
The moon
Tone
Quirky and bizarre
Protagonist and Antagonist
There is no clear protagonist and antagonist, as all the characters are presented as corrupted.
Major Conflict
The major conflict is the party itself, which has a sense of danger and threat.
Climax
The whole poem explores the climax of a party.
Foreshadowing
The reference to Lucifer at the beginning of the poem foreshadows the fact this lunar party will not be moral or pious.
Understatement
The party-goers are described as being "somnambulists" but are very energetic.
Allusions
Loy alludes to Greek Mythology in referencing Lethe, a river in the underworld.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
The dust and ashes are described as dancing.
Hyperbole
The whole poem is a hyperbole of a hedonistic party.
Onomatopoeia
N/A
