Question

or i guess it is the handkerchief of the lord,
a scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropt,
bearing the owners name someway in the corners, that we may see and remark,
and say whose?
or i guess the grass is itself a child, the produced babe of the vegetation.
or i guess it is a uniform hieroglyphic,
and it means, sprouting alike in broad zones and narrow zones,
growing among black folks as among white,
kanuck, tuckahoe, congressman, cuff, i give them the same, i receive them the
same.
which syntactical device is being used in the
highlighted selection in the passage?
parallelism - the use of grammar and phrases to create mirroring
structure
simile - a comparison between two things using \like\ or \as\
rhetorical question - a question posed to the audience for dramatic
effect

Explanation:

The highlighted selection in the passage uses parallelism. Parallelism is the use of grammar and phrases to create mirroring. In the text, the repeated structure "Or I guess..." creates a parallel structure.

Answer:

Parallelism - the use of grammar and phrases to create mirroring.