Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The poems are told from the perspective from a first-person speaker, who is also a mother.
Form and Meter
Prose-poems
Metaphors and Similes
The sea is a metaphor for the poet's isolation and her feelings of being an outcast.
Alliteration and Assonance
"All paradise is performance for people who pay."
Irony
In the world of this poetry collection, "Octopodes" have taken over and believe that humans are too unintelligent to understand them.
Genre
Poetry collection
Setting
Apocalyptic future
Tone
Philosophical and insightful
Protagonist and Antagonist
The speaker of the poems and the mother is the protagonist, while issues such as climate change act as an antagonist.
Major Conflict
The major conflict is the fact that the "octopodes" have taken over.
Climax
Each poem has its own climax.
Foreshadowing
The author foreshadows issues we might face if we don't change our attitude towards climate change.
Understatement
The author argues that currently humanity understates the problems we are facing.
Allusions
Shaughnessy alludes to the issue of climate change.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The rulers are known as "the Octopodes."
Personification
The sun and wind are personified as having "power."
Hyperbole
N/A
Onomatopoeia
N/A
