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Mariulka [41]
3 years ago
12

Which poetic devices techniques are illustrated in the opening lines " i am fourteen/and my skin has betrayed me/ the boy cannot

live without/ still sucks his thumb/in secret?
English
1 answer:
dalvyx [7]3 years ago
6 0
The opening lines of Hanging Fire by Audre Lorde
I am fourteen
and my skin has betrayed me
the boy cannot live without
still sucks his thumb
in secret

The poetic device used is PERSONIFICATION.

Personification gives human traits or abilities to objects, animals, and ideas.

skin was given the human ability to betray.
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