Read the poem below and answer the question that follows. “The Taxi”by Amy Lowell When I go away from youThe world beats deadLike a slackened drum.I call out for you against the jutted starsAnd shout into the ridges of the wind.Streets coming fast,One after the other,Wedge you away from me,And the lamps of the city prick my eyesSo that I can no longer see your face.Why should I leave you,To wound myself upon the sharp edges of the night? Source: Lowell, Amy. “The Taxi.” Sword Blades and Poppy Seeds. New York: MacMillan Co., 1914. Google Books. Web. 29 June 2011. Which poetic techniques does Lowell use in the first three lines of this poem?
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alliteration and assonanceD
blank verse and apostropheThe speaker addresses “you” directly, which is apostrophe. The phrase “Like a slackened drum” compares the dead-feeling world to a drum using “like,” making it a simile. So the techniques are apostrophe and simile.
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