Question

Read the excerpt below from the poem “miss rosie” by Lucille Clifton and answer the question that follows.

when I watch you
wrapped up like garbage
sitting, surrounded by the smell
of too old potato peels

Source: Clifton, Lucille. “miss rosie.” Good Woman: Poems and a Memoir 1969-1980. Rochester: BOA Editions, Ltd., 1987. Poets.org. Web. 9 June 2011.

Which of the following techniques is used in the excerpt?

Answer 1

How would you find the answer

Answer 2

next time please post the choices:

I. simile

II. personification

III. sensory imagery

I only
I and II
I and III
I, II, and III

Answer 3

that being said - go through each of the choices, and see if it's applicable to the poem or not

for I - is there a similie (a comparison using the word like or as?)
for II - is there personification? (a non-human object or idea being given human-like qualities?)
for III - is there sensory imagery (descriptions that evoke the senses?)

to help you out, only 2 out of the 3 devices are applicable to the poem, eliminating the last choice