Question

Read this passage: sitting, surrounded by the smell of too old potato peels Lucille Clifton, "miss rosie" The passage is an example of:

Answer 1

This lines could be seen as examples of sensory imaginary. More precisely it is connected to smell because of the potato and sight because of how this person is found "sitting, surrounded.." it might be said that the combination of these two images could give the reader a vision of what the writer is trying to convey. 

Answer 2

It is an example of Concrete Imagery. -Apex