a stylistic device such as illiteration
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:
1. The sole of my shoe pulled off.
I would need an adhesive to fix it.
2. My kitchen's sink is leaking.
With the help of a plumber and his tools, I would be able to fix it.
