Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
The action in the poem "Sirena" is told from the perspective of a third-person subjective point of view.
Form and Meter
The poem "Like an Advent'rous Seafarer" is written in iambic pentameter.
Metaphors and Similes
Wit is used in the poem "As Other Men" as a metaphor which the narrator uses to represent the poetic inspiration necessary to write poems.
Alliteration and Assonance
We have an alliteration in the line "You not alone, when you are still alone," in the poem "You Not Alone".
Irony
An ironic element can be found in "Truce, Gentle Love" when the narrator claims he will continue to pursue love even though he was hurt time and time again in the past by his partner.
Genre
"My Heart Was Slain" is a sonnet.
Setting
The action in the poem "Endimion and Phoebe" takes place in the distant past in Ionia.
Tone
The tone used in the poem "Ballad of Agincourt" is an accusatory one.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The antagonist in the poem "Bright Star of Beauty" is the narrator and the antagonist is the rest of the rest of the world.
Major Conflict
The major conflict in "Taking My Pen" is between life and death and between the desire to write and the lack of poetic inspiration.
Climax
The poem "Endimion and Phoebe" reaches its climax when the main character dies.
Foreshadowing
No foreshadowing elements can be found in the poems.
Understatement
We find an understatement in the poem "If He From Heav'n". At the beginning of this poem, the narrator claims that heaven is full of fire as well but this is proven to be an understatement when at the end of the poem the narrator agrees that heaven is a wonderful place where a person wants to be.
Allusions
The main allusion in the poem "You Not Alone" is the idea that God is near the faithful person no matter the situation and that because of this, a person does not need to worry about the future.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
The term men is used in the poem "As Other Men" as a general term to make reference to the civilized world.
Personification
The line "Fair stood the wind for France" in the poem "Ballad of Agincourt" contains a personification.
Hyperbole
We have a hyperbole in the line "In this fair region on a goodly plain," in the poem "Endimion and Phoebe".
Onomatopoeia
We have an onomatopoeia in the poem "That Learned Father" in the line "he spoke to me softly".
