1 Symbolism and figurative language used include:
Personifications e.g. see the face of fear.
Onomatopoeia e.g. a rattle and hum. Inlocust wind a rattle and hum
Alliteration - the repetition of the initial letter, sound and group of sounds like See, you, and, bullet, and outside.
Simile e.g. “red like a rose”.
2. Yes. I find a protagonist in the song above. It is the wind. This is because the wind in this song acts as the main character and plays the first part of every action in the song. The evidences are in the following lines; “howling wind a stinging rain”,” Seedriving nails” and “locust wind a rattle and hum” (Kennedy & Dana, 2013).
3. Yes. There are antagonists in the above songs. They include a stinging rain, nail and the locust wind. All these antagonists are struggle against the blowing wind.
4. Yes. There is a central of conflict in the above song. The central of conflict in this song is the effect of the howling wind. It is the main problem that makes up the above song. Moreover, the effect of wind results to the climax and explain the causes if what is going on in the above song (Kennedy & Dana, 2013).
5. The central theme in this song hardship. The message is we should be prepared to counteract any problems that affect lives.
6. The song writer has used the prosody to draw the listeners’’ The use of sounds like rattle and hum contribute to the pleasure of the listener.
Yes. Consonance e.g. Bullet the Blue, alliteration e.g. repetition of see, you, and, rhythm, assonance e.g. Bullet the Blue.and rhyme is present in the above song. The sounds contribute to the musicality behind the song (Kennedy & Dana, 2013).
Reference
Kennedy, X J, and Dana Gioia. Literature: An Introduction to, Poetry, Drama, and FictionBoston: Pearson, 2013.
