Robert Lowell Collected Poems Literary Elements

Robert Lowell Collected Poems Literary Elements

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

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