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Which poetic techniques does Lowell use in the first three lines of the poem the taxi?

Which poetic techniques does Lowell use in the first three lines of the poem the taxi?
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Which poetic techniques does Lowell use in the first three lines of the poem the taxi?

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Enjambment - the sentences do not finish with the end of the line.
Simile - "like a slackened drum"
Maybe even hyperbole, since it is an exaggeration.
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