Genre
Collection of poems
Setting and Context
Written in the context of Lowell’s experiences
Narrator and Point of View
First-person narrative
Tone and Mood
Enlightening and quixotic
Protagonist and Antagonist
The narrator is the central character.
Major Conflict
The major conflict is in the poem 'Man and Wife', where the narrator remembers how his wife intimidated him during their courtship.
Climax
The climax is in the poem 'The Old Flame', in which the narrator confesses to his wife that despite new occupants having occupied their old house, their memories in it remain unforgettable.
Foreshadowing
The narrator's timidity in writing is foreshadowed by fear in the poem 'Epilogue.'
Understatement
Romantic love is understated in the poem ‘The Old Flame.’
Allusions
The poem ‘Epilogue’ alludes to the significance of self-assurance in writing.
Imagery
In the poem 'Man and Wife, ' Lowell describes the early morning's uniqueness and compares it with the neighboring lights to appeal to the sense of sight to his readers.
Paradox
The main paradox is that Lowell believes that The pyre cannot collapse Cynthia's endurance.
Parallelism
N/A
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The old flame is a metonymy for love.
Personification
N/A
