The poems "From the Dark Tower" and "A Black Man Talks Of Reaping" are heart- touching poems.
Explanation:
These poems are written by Countee Cullen and Arna Bontemps. These poets explain about the feelings of black people and their resentment towards the society.
The poets explain about how the black people in America are slaved and now its time that they have had enough. They will soon start a revolution to fight against this oppression. The poet explains elaborately about the situation by describing how black people do all the handwork and white people reap benefits from it.
The rhetorical technique most used in this excerpt is shift.
Answer: Option D.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Shift is one of the most commonly used rhetorical techniques. In this kind of rhetorical technique, the author of the passage changes the tone or the tone of the writing of the passage within a piece. This kind of rhetorical device is used when there has to be shift in the focus of the theme of the passage or there is change in the language according to the change in the scene.
In this passage also the author makes use of this rhetorical device while talking about the different scenes and events.