Read the poem below and answer the question that follows. “Hanging Fire” by Audre Lorde I am fourteen and my skin has betrayed me the boy I cannot live without still sucks his thumb in secret how come my knees are always so ashy what if I die before the morning comes and momma’s in the bedroom with the door closed. I have to learn how to dance in time for the next party my room is too small for me suppose I die before graduation they will sing sad melodies but finally tell the truth about me There is nothing I want to do and too much that has to be done and momma’s in the bedroom with the door closed. Nobody even stops to think about my side of it I should have been on Math Team my marks were better than his why do I have to be the one wearing braces I have nothing to wear tomorrow will I live long enough to grow up and momma’s in the bedroom with the door closed. Source: Lorde, Audre. “Hanging Fire.” The Black Unicorn: Poems. New York: Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, 1978. El Camino College. Web. 06 June 2011. 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 Mark this and return Save and Exit Next

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In these lines from Hanging Fire, we can observe personification and enjambment. Personification is observed when the author states "... and my skin has betrayed me". Personification happens when a writer gives human qualities to something that is not human (decision making kind of human). While skin is part of the human body, is not able to make decisions such as betraying someone.
Moreover, we can also observe enjambment because of the lining of the stanzas. The original text looks like this:

I am fourteen
and my skin has betrayed me   
the boy I cannot live without   
still sucks his thumb
in secret

Notice that the author changes from one line to the next without any punctuation end (periods, commas, question marks, etc.) and disregarding continuity of the idea.

Therefore, your best answer is personification and enjambment.
 
The answer would be choice D)personification and enjambment