Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The speaker is likely Williams himself, given the use of his real-life nanny's name in the opening lines. He is depicted as comical and lighthearted.
Form and Meter
The poem is written in free verse. It is two stanzas long.
Metaphors and Similes
N/A
Alliteration and Assonance
The lines "and singing softly to myself," "Who shall say I am not," and "before my mirror" contain alliteration in their S and M sounds, respectively.
Irony
N/A
Genre
Imagist poetry, domestic poetry
Setting
A typical home, likely suburban given Williams's biographical background
Tone
Comical, lighthearted
Protagonist and Antagonist
N/A
Major Conflict
While not so overt, the central conflict is between the speaker's desire to be carefree and his domestic responsibilities. This is never made directly apparent, but is implied by the way he is enjoying this scene by himself.
Climax
The climax of the poem occurs when the speaker declares himself the "happy genius" of his home.
Foreshadowing
N/A
Understatement
N/A
Allusions
The poem's title, "Danse Russe," is an allusion to a section of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
N/A
Hyperbole
N/A
Onomatopoeia
N/A
