Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The action in the poem "Fate" is told from the perspective of a first-person subjective point of view.
Form and Meter
"Dirge" is written in an iambic pentameter form.
Metaphors and Similes
The bell is used as a metaphor in the poem bearing the same name and it is used to represent the passing of time.
Alliteration and Assonance
We have and alliteration in the poem "Fate" in the line "With squires, lords, kings, his craft compares."
Irony
N/A
Genre
The poem "Fate" is a meditative one.
Setting
The action described in the poem "Dirge" takes place in the middle of the night in a graveyard.
Tone
The tone used in "Give All to Love" is a positive one.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist in the poem "Dirge" is the narrator and the antagonist is loneliness.
Major Conflict
The major conflict in the poem "The Bell" is between the past and the present.
Climax
The poem "Give it all to Love" reaches its climax when the characters finally give up their free will and let themselves be ruled by their emotions.
Foreshadowing
In the second stanza of the poem "Dirge", the narrator mentions the presence of countless ghosts around him. This description foreshadows the later descriptions linked with death which appear in the poem.
Understatement
At the beginning of the poem "The Bell" the narrator claims that the sound he is hearing is a happy one which brings joy to many. This is proven to be an understatement because the narrator later admits that the sound is used to signal the death of someone who passed recently.
Allusions
The main allusion found in the poem "Fate" is the idea that a person is unable to control the direction their life will take and because of this they should not even try to change anything that is happening to them.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The narrator mentions milk in the poem "Dirge" as a general term to make reference to the affection a parent has for his or her child.
Personification
We have a personification in the line "One pulse more of firm endeavor,-" in the poem "Give it all to Love".
Hyperbole
We have a hyperbole in the poem "Dirge" in the line "Who trod with me this lonely vale,".
Onomatopoeia
We have an onomatopoeia in the poem "The Bell" in the lines "I love thy music, mellow bell,/ I love thine iron chime,".
