English, 03.09.2020 22:01, sophiamoser

Read the excerpt below from the poem “There's a certain Slant of light” by Emily Dickinson and answer the question that follows.
When it comes, the landscape listens,
Shadows hold their breath.
Source: Dickinson, Emily. "There's a certain Slant of light." The Poems of Emily Dickinson. Ed. R. W. Franklin.
Harvard: Harvard University Press, 1999. Poetry Foundation. Web. 9 June. 2011.
Which technique does this excerpt use?
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