Question

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”?

alliteration and metaphor
allusion and alliteration
apostrophe and simile
personification and enjambment

Answer 1

Personification and enjambment

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Answer 2

The correct answer to this question is "personification and enjambment." The poetic techniques that 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 are personification and enjambment.
Personification - the skin betrayed
Enjambment - the sentences do not finish with the line