Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The poem “Solomon and the Witch” is told from the perspective of the Arab lady who presents the events from a first person subjective point of view.
Form and Meter
The poem “Under Saturn” is written in a iambic pentameter form.
Metaphors and Similes
In the poem “Michael Robartes and the Dancer”, the narrator compares an argument which may take place at one point or another between a woman and a man with an extremely dangerous dragon which has the power to destroy everything in its path. This comparison is used here to show just how dangerous arguments can be and how they have a destructive power.
Alliteration and Assonance
We find an alliteration in the lines “Loved the lady; and it's plain /The half-dead dragon was her thought,” in the poem “Michael Robartes and the Dancer”.
Irony
We have an ironic element in the poem “Under Saturn” when the narrator refuses to give up the memory of his former lover even though it causes him tremendous pain. He tries to reason with the reader, explaining why he is unable to do it but his arguments are unconvincing.
Genre
“Under Saturn” is a meditative poem about love and how it can affect a person.
Setting
The action in the poem “Solomon and the Witch” takes place during the night on a hill.
Tone
The tone used in “Michael Robartes and the Dancer” is a confrontational one.
Protagonist and Antagonist
In almost every poem the protagonist is the narrator and the antagonist is the lover.
Major Conflict
The poem “An Image from a Past Life” reaches its climax when the woman admits she will never be able to forget the pas.
Climax
“On a Political Prisoner” reaches its climax when the narrator visits the lover in prison.
Foreshadowing
The first line of the poem “The Rose Tree” describes the words spoken as being done so in a light way. This description foreshadows the calm and collected atmosphere created in the poem through the rest of the lines.
Understatement
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Allusions
One of the main allusions in the poems is the idea that women are vindictive creatures who want nothing more but hurt the men into their lives.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The term “well” is used in the poem “The Rose Tree” to suggest the innate desire every person has to love and to be loved.
Personification
We have a personification in the poem “An Image from a Past Life” in the line “the elaborate starlight throws a reflection”.
Hyperbole
We have a hyperbole in the poem “Sixteen Dead Men” in the lines “And is their logic to outweigh/ His bony thumb”.
Onomatopoeia
We have an onomatopoeia in the poem “Solomon and the Witch” in the line “I suddenly cried out in a strange tongue”.
