Read the excerpt below from the poem “the taxi” by amy lowell and complete the statement that follows. when i go away from you the world beats dead like a slackened drum. source: lowell, amy. “the taxi.” the complete poetical works of amy lowell. new york: houghton mifflin company, 1983. poetry foundation. web. 9 june 2011. each of the following types of figurative language is used in the excerpt except