Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The speaker is the narrator and the poem is written from the first-person subjective point of view.
Form and Meter
Iambic meter
Metaphors and Similes
The simile of freedom is in “The Negro Complaint” where the narrator compares freedom to eternity. According to the narrator, freedom of thought is a right that should be everlasting without limitations.
Alliteration and Assonance
Alliteration is evident when the narrator repeats the letter "b" when saying that he loved them both, but in vain in the second verse in the poem ‘The Castaway.’
Irony
N/A
Genre
Meditative poem
Setting
Set in Berkhamsted, United Kingdom and written in the context of God's power.
Tone
Cheerful, and positive
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonist is the narrator.
Major Conflict
The major conflict is in the poem “The Negro Complaint,” where the speaker is sold as an enslaved person. The speaker is forcefully taken from the African coast and sold to the west to work as laborers for his master.
Climax
The climax is in the poem “God Moves in A Mysterious Way” when the speaker concludes that God treasures his bright designs.
Foreshadowing
The greed for money foreshadowed the fueling of the slave trade in the poem "The Negro Complaint."
Understatement
The influence of destiny is understated in the poem "The Castaway."
Allusions
The poem “God Moves in a Mysterious Way” alludes to the power and authority of God. God is the Supreme Being and his authority on humanity is unquestionable.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The smiling face is used as a metonymy for God's love.
Personification
The clouds are personified as superior beings with the ability to influence people in the poem “God Moves in A Mysterious Way.”
Hyperbole
N/A
Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is in the line "The Atlantic Billows Roar’d" in the poem “The Castaway.” Roar’d is a sound that originates from the term roaring. Consequently, "Roar’d" describes noise originating from the waves of the Atlantic ocean.
