Practicing Success
Read the poem and answer the question below I lost my talk The talk you took away. When I was a little girl At Shubenacadie school.
You snatched it away: I speak like you I think like you I create like you The scrambled ballad, about my word.
Two ways I talk Both ways I say, Your way is more powerful. So gently I offer my hand and ask, Let me find my talk So I can teach you about me |
Which poetic device is used in the following line? "....The scrambled ballad, about my word"
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Metaphor Simile Allusion Personification |
Metaphor |
A metaphor is a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else. Her life has become a 'scrambled ballad' because of what the oppressive system has done to her. |