Answer: The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo is a novel written in short poems. The story is told from the first person point of view of Xiomara Batista through her sophomore year of high school. She lives with her twin brother Xavier and her parents in New York.
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In this poem the repetition of 'and' is used to add emphasis using the figurative language juxta position, to show the significance of the event.
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