Hey i just studied this last night, my trials are next week.
TECHNIQUES:
Personification- clothesline "silver skeletal arms"
"stood proud"
- small tree" a struggling sappling"
-foliage "like spactators"
Similies- "like spectators ' the trees around the composer were like her audience
- ' Like coloured flags in a secret code' the washing hung on the line , appeared as a secret message, showing imagination
Decriptive language- "smooth sweat-damp hands fiercly grip the sun warmed metal' builds up picture for responder to see exactly how the composer saw it.
Alliteration - "Silver skeletal arms' soft 's' implies a friendly tone towards the clothesline
"dry and dusty' the plosive 'd' emphasises the dryness
Present tence- " i bask in the sun...' shows the composer is reminicing
extended metaphor- clothes line is a window to the world for the composer
CHANGE; Physical change from ' smooth sweat-damp hands' to hands that are beginning to ' accumulate the line-etched story of life in scars and wrinkles.."
interlectual change , '' there are too many things tying me to the ground'
TONE: Nostalgic- looking back reflecting
thats pretty much all i have i hope that helps you out.... STRESS LESS!