Heaven and Earth: A Cosmology Literary Elements

The poem entitled "1400’’ is told from the perspective of a third person objective point of view.

The poems in this collection have no form and meter since they are modernist poems.

In the poem ‘’Amounts’’, the narrator compares the large number of shoes his lover has with the large number of roe a fish produces. The comparison in this case is used to transmit the idea of plentiful, even excess.

We find alliteration in the poem ‘’At the Heart’’ in the lines ‘’I was sentenced to life in prison./ Only , I heard prism’’.

No irony can be found in any of the poems.

The poem entitled "1400’’ is a meditative poem.

The action of the poem ‘’Sentimental’’ takes place in a day in July on a field.

The tone in the poems in the collection is a neutral one, tone which has the purpose of making the events presented in the poems to appear as general as possible.

In the poem ‘’At the Heart’’ the protagonist is the narrator and the antagonist is the person who looked him up in a prison.

The major conflict in the poem ‘’Sentimental’’ is between the different point of views and the different perspectives we as people have.

The poem ‘’At the Heart’’ reaches its climax when the narrator realizes he will not be sent to prison.

The poem entitled ‘’1400’’ begins with a rather shocking description of decay and of various fluids coming out of animals and insects. This detailed description foreshadows the later mentioning of decay and also of death which appears in the poem towards the end.

The beginning of the poem ‘’Sentimental’’ sets the tone of the poem as being lighthearted and lovely. This is however an understatement as towards the end of the poem the poem becomes dark and depressing.

In the poem ‘’Again’’, the narrator mentions the presence of a bottle under sun, a small object which makes it easier for him to deal with the pain of losing his father. The narrator may want to allude through this that alcohol and maybe even the fact that the narrator was an alcoholic.

The term "you’’ is used in the poem "The Sciences Sing a Lullabye’’ as a general term to make reference to every man and woman who live on this earth.

We find a personification in the poem ''At the Heart'' in the line ''the cage breath around us''.

We find a hyperbole in the lines "Every atom in you /has been dancing the shimmy in silver shoes /nonstop from mitosis to now’’ in the poem "The Sciences Sing a Lullabye’’.

We find an onomatopoeia in the line "metal buckled out song like a bandsaw’’ in the poem "Sentimental’’.