Question

which poetic technique is illustrated throughout the entire poem Happiness Epidemic?

Answer 1

Do you have the poem?

Answer 2

“Happiness Epidemic”
by David Hernandez

Without any warning, the disease
sweeps across the country
like a traveling circus.

People who were once blue,
who slouched from carrying
a bag of misery over one shoulder

are now clinically cheerful.
Symptoms include kind gestures,
a bouncy stride, a smile

bigger than a slice of cantaloupe.
You pray that you will be infected,
hope a happy germ invades your body

and multiplies, spreading merriment
to all your major organs
like door-to-door Christmas carolers

until the virus finally reaches your heart:
that red house at the end of the block
where your deepest wishes reside,

where a dog howls behind a gate
every time that sorrow
pulls his hearse up the driveway.

Answer 3

I would say Anita, hope this helped (:

Answer 4

whats anita?

Answer 5

A type of poetic writing

Answer 6

and it's a technique used in many

Answer 7

is it another word for that ?

Answer 8

metonymy
onomatopoeia
conceit
allusion
these are my answer choices

Answer 9

Allusion I would think

Answer 10

thanks

Answer 11

Sorry I couldn't be of much help ):

Answer 12

Asked & answered here: https://questioncove.com/study#/updates/5d2f2bac5e27ab570411f800

Disagree with "allusion" as the poem does not make a reference to another character/text/etc.