Which of the following literary techniques is used in this

Last updated: 8/9/2022

Which of the following literary techniques is used in this excerpt from Gwendolyn Brooks's poem, "The Truth"? "Though we have wept for him, Though we have prayed All through the night-years- What if we wake one shimmering morning to Hear the fierce hammering Of his firm knuckles Hard on the door? Shall we not shudder?- Shall we not flee Into the shelter, the dear thick shelter Of the familiar Propitious haze?" irony allusion dystopia hyperbole