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?
I. simile
II. personification
III. sensory imagery
I only
I and II
I and III
I, II, and III
answer is C
