Which poetic techniques are illustrated in the opening lines “I am fourteen/and my skin has betrayed me/the boy I cannot live wi

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Which poetic techniques are illustrated in the opening lines “I am fourteen/and my skin has betrayed me/the boy I cannot live wi

thout/still sucks his thumb/in secret”?
alliteration and metaphor
allusion and alliteration
apostrophe and simile
personification and enjambment

English

2 answers:

yanalaym [24] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-07T12:17:07+03:00

The correct answer to this question is "personification and enjambment." The poetic techniques that are illustrated in the opening lines “I am fourteen/and my skin has betrayed me/the boy I cannot live without/still sucks his <span>thumb/in secret are personification and enjambment.</span><span>
Personification - the skin betrayed
Enjambment - the sentences do not finish with the line</span>

maksim [4K] · Answer 2 · 2022-03-07T14:08:34+03:00

maksim [4K]3 years ago

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Answer:

Personification and enjambment

Explanation:

Took the test :/