Question

Source: Lowell, Amy. “The Taxi.” Sword Blades and Poppy Seeds. New York: MacMillan Co., 1914. Google Books. Web. 29 June 2011. Which poetic techniques does Lowell use in the first three lines of this poem

Answer 1

Lowell uses a simile in the second and third line: “The world beats dead / Like a slackened drum.”