Speaker or Narrator, and Point of View
Unnamed narrator.
Form and Meter
Ooctosyllabic verse.
Metaphors and Similes
"And live thus like a hermit" is a simile which compares the way a person lives to the way a hermit lives.
Alliteration and Assonance
"And after long service love won" is an example of assonance.
Irony
The golden eagle acts in a violent manner, but is ultimately a benevolent being who helps the poet.
Genre
Poetry.
Setting
In a glass temple while a poet dreams.
Tone
Serious and Reflective.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The poet is the protagonist; fame is the antagonist.
Major Conflict
The major conflict of the poem involves the poet's struggle to escape the temple and his feelings on fame.
Climax
When the poet meets the person of great authority.
Foreshadowing
The arrival of the person of great authority is foreshadowed by the man's experience in the glass temple.
Understatement
The kindness of the eagle is initially understated when he and the poet come face to face.
Allusions
The book alludes to the history of Rome and Greece, ancient Greek and Roman mythology, ancient religion (including Judaism), and nature.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
n/a
Personification
The glass temple the poet is in is given human-like characteristics and is personified.
Hyperbole
"So inwardly full of fear" is hyperbolic; someone cannot fill with fear.
Onomatopoeia
n/a
