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English, 29.07.2019 01:00 milkshakegrande101

Read the poem below and answer the question that follows. “hanging fire” by audre lorde i am fourteen and my skin has betrayed me the boy i cannot live without still sucks his thumb in secret how come my knees are always so ashy what if i die before the morning comes and momma’s in the bedroom with the door closed. i have to learn how to dance in time for the next party my room is too small for me suppose i die before graduation they will sing sad melodies but finally tell the truth about me there is nothing i want to do and too much that has to be done and momma’s in the bedroom with the door closed. nobody even stops to think about my side of it i should have been on math team my marks were better than his why do i have to be the one wearing braces i have nothing to wear tomorrow will i live long enough to grow up and momma’s in the bedroom with the door closed. source: lorde, audre. “hanging fire.” the black unicorn: poems. new york: kitchen table: women of color press, 1978. el camino college. web. 06 june 2011. which poetic techniques are illustrated in the opening lines “i am fourteen/and my skin has betrayed me/the boy i cannot live without/still sucks his thumb/in secret”? a. alliteration and metaphor b. allusion and alliteration c. apostrophe and simile d. personification and enjambment

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