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BARSIC [14]
3 years ago
11

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]3 years ago
4 0
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]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

Personification and enjambment

Explanation:

Took the test :/

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