Enjambment - the sentences do not finish with the end of the line.
Simile - "like a slackened drum"
Maybe even hyperbole, since it is an exaggeration.
Oh i already read this text and I'm in 7th grade the analogy is that the guy picked the one that has been worn out instead of the one that hasn't This is my best answer because I read this in September the story made me fall asleep xD and it is now April
Well I guess that's where you come from, some call them Johnny cakes, h-0-e cakes from the south of tortilla from Mexico. Hope this helps
