Genre
Collection of poems
Language
English
Setting and Context
The action described in the poem "There is a boat Down on the Quay’’ takes place near a harbor in an unmentioned year.
Narrator and Point of View
The poems are narrated from a first person subjective point of view.
Tone and Mood
The narrator uses a neutral tone in the poems.
Protagonist and Antagonist
There are no protagonists and antagonists in the poems.
Major Conflict
The major conflict in the poem "Mr. Ifonly’’ is between the past and the present.
Climax
The poem "Mr. Ifonly’’ reaches its climax when Ifonly dies at the end of the poem.
Foreshadowing
In the poem "There is a boat down the quay’’ the narrator describes how angles came down from the heavens as sparrows. This foreshadows the possible tragic ending of the ship.
Understatement
In the poem "Party Piece’’ the woman refuses in the beginning to have sex with the male protagonist. Paradoxically, however, she agrees in the end and the two become involved in a sexual relationship.
Allusions
In the poem "There is a boat down the quay’’ the narrator describes the people in the boats as being giants who sail on the open waters. This description alludes to the idea that the sailors were extraordinary people, capable of wonderful things and men who were different form the rest of the population.
Imagery
An important imagery takes place in the poem "Party Piece’’ where the narrator describes the environment in which the man and the woman made love. The environment is presented as being a natural one, in the middle of nature, far away from any type of artificiality. This thus transmits the idea that love is something pure that can’t be tainted by the modern world.
Paradox
N/A
Parallelism
In the poem "Geography lesson ‘’ the narrator draws a parallel between the city in which he grew in and was raised in and the city described by one of his teachers who wanted to visit the world. The two completely different descriptions are important because it makes the reader understand how the narrator looked as his own hometown in relation with other places.
Personification
We find personification in the line "the dawn creeps in’’.
Use of Dramatic Devices
No dramatic devices have been used since the book is a collection of poems.
