Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The poem "For He Was Scotch, And So Was She" is told from the perspective of a third-person subjective point of view.
Form and Meter
The poem "Margret" is written in a heroic couplet form.
Metaphors and Similes
The term portrait is used in the poem "Her Portrait" as a metaphor to represent the view an outsider may have about a person and yet a view which does not come even close to being the truth.
Alliteration and Assonance
We have an alliteration in the lines "THEY were a couple well content/ With what they earned and what they spent," in the poem "For He Was Scotch, And So Was She".
Irony
We find an irony in the poem "For He Was Scotch, And So Was She" when the narrator, at the end of the poem claims that even though the described couple had a tough life and would often fight, they still loved one another and stayed together in life and beyond.
Genre
The poem "For He Was Scotch, And So Was She" is a meditative poem.
Setting
The action in "The Passage" does not have a fixed setting because it is a meditative poem.
Tone
The tone used in "Her Portrait" is a neutral one.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist in "The Usurer" is between the faithful and those who do not believe in God.
Major Conflict
The major conflict in "What Time The Morning Stars Arise" is an internal one between despair and the desire to be free.
Climax
The poem "Margaret" reaches its climax when the narrator admits he loves the woman whom he writes about.
Foreshadowing
At the beginning of the poem "What Time The Morning Stars Arise" the narrator describes the growing light. This foreshadows the description of the sun coming up early in the morning.
Understatement
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Allusions
One of the main allusions which can be found in the poem "For He Was Scotch, And So Was She" is the idea that a person's nationality influences that person's political views.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The term sea is used in the poem "The Passage" as a general term to make reference to life and the problems a person may have to encouter.
Personification
We have a personification in the line "The sweet lips hold their smiling and can thrill," in the poem "Her Portrait".
Hyperbole
We have a hyperbole in the line "he gladness and the youth, the bending head" in the poem "Her Portrait".
Onomatopoeia
We have an onomatopoeia in the line "O, whisper to me softly" in the poem "The Usurer".
