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Question

Using examples from the poem "Juggling" by Ann Pedtke, identify 2 poetic devices and explain their intended effect. 

Answer 1

First Person Point of View:

1. At first, the clubs were frightening, swinging away from my hands in strange patterns.
2. I tried to tame them,

Personification (where something nonhuman takes on human characteristics)

1. the clubs were frightening, swinging away from my hands in strange patterns
2. Always there was one too many, smashing down on my fingers, bouncing away from my grasp.