The poetic techniques that are illustrated in the opening lines of this poem are personification and enjambment.
Personification is when inanimate objects have human qualities, such as <em>and my skin has betrayed me.
</em>Enjambment is when the though found in one line is transferred into the following one, such as in <em>still sucks his thumb/in secret.</em>
Answer:
Sonnets are fourteen lines, as is sonnet 130; this allows Shakespeare to list several qualities of his mistress, then conclude with a couplet that turns the rest of the sonnet on its head. Sonnets have ten syllables per line, as does sonnet 130; this makes the poem read cleanly, with each thought given the same amount of weight in the poem. There are no structural oddities, like shorter or longer sentences, just the steady flow of beautiful poetry. Sonnets are written in iambic pentameter; this makes the singsongy feel of the poem as it compares each attribute of the woman with a quality found in nature
Explanation:
Answer:
1. I think she means having your own belief can show a lot in a person. So we always a belief to moving forward
2. Seems similar to me because I believed in Santa Claus and still do. Kinda makes me crazy loll
3. So the speaker doesn't feel embarrassed
