Successfully uses metaphor, imagery and anaphora to help the reader understand and interpret the poem. The unique metaphors Collins uses are capable of encouraging the reader to question why he might have chosen them, but there is no real way to know. The reader is then left to determine what their own interpretation is of why the female character within the poem is referred to such objects, ideas, animals, and aspects of nature. Based on the metaphors used, it can be interpreted that the female character is strongly independent. The images support these claims because they use not only the interpretation of words, but also the interpretation of images. The best combination of metaphors and imagery to support the idea that the female character is strongly independent and lives actively is "you are not the boots in the corner nor the boat asleep in her shed" (lines 16-18). The use of the three literary devices, metaphors, imagery and anaphora, allows the reader to form a better interpretation of the