The type of speech it is, is a simile
In my life for the first time [and,] the image made me believe [of] my mother that I could change [were] the way things *were*.
remove and & of because it makes no sense in the context of the sentence and move were to the end of the sentence.
Answer:
ok i wonder what grade this is because i am not understanding this.
C. Emerson's poem has unanswered questions,
making it like a speech. Whitman's poem repeats
ideas for emphasis, making it monotonous.
