Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The poems are written from the perspective of a third-person point of view narrator.
Form and Meter
The poems are written in free verse.
Metaphors and Similes
The act of sleeping is used in the poem "Full Moon" as a metaphor for ignorance and the incapability to do anything to change one's life.
Alliteration and Assonance
We have an alliteration in the poem "Wedding" in the line "and when the sail begins to alternate".
Irony
We have an irony in "Full Moon" when the narrator describes the act of sleeping as a waste of time and at the same time tries to explain why so many still decide to waste their time sleeping.
Genre
"Sea Poem" is a meditative poem.
Setting
The action described in the poem "Fox" takes place outside the narrator's window.
Tone
The tone in the poem "Wedding" is a cheerful one.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist in "Fox" is the narrator and the antagonist is the the darkness.
Major Conflict
The major conflict in "Sea Poem" is between desire and reality.
Climax
The poem "Swan" reaches its climax when the swan gets panicked.
Foreshadowing
N/A
Understatement
At the beginning of the poem "Flies", the narrator mentioned how time is not important at all. This is later proven to be an understatement because the narrator later describes how much speech has to do with a person's identity.
Allusions
The main allusion in the poem "Flies" is the idea that no one can control time and as such should try and live in the moment.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The swan is used in the poem with the same name as a general term to make reference to those who stand out from the crowd.
Personification
We have a personification "Sea Dream" in the line "the strength of water".
Hyperbole
We have a hyperbole in the poem "Swan" in the lines "is hurrying away from the plane crash mess of her wings".
Onomatopoeia
We have an onomatopoeia in the poem "Fox" in the line "I heard a caught".
