Genre
Nonfiction
Setting and Context
The events of the story take place in a valley in Virginia’s Blue Ridge.
Narrator and Point of View
The story is told from the third point of view by an unnamed narrator.
Tone and Mood
The narrator’s tone is thoughtful. The mood is mysterious.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The unnamed woman is the protagonist. There isn’t any antagonist.
Major Conflict
Person vs. nature. The protagonist tries to solve all the mysteries of the nature and fails.
Climax
The frog’s death is the climax of the story.
Foreshadowing
“What blood was this, and what roses?”
This question foreshadows the events of the story by showing us, readers, that the protagonist likes looking for answers to questions that are usually ignored by the majority of people.
Understatement
N/A
Allusions
This work alludes to the book of Genesis.
Imagery
Images of space and nature are presented in the book.
Paradox
“For nature does reveal as well as conceal.”
Parallelism
“All the summer conceals winter reveals.”
Metonymy and Synecdoche
N/A
Personification
“The wind shrieks and hisses.”
