Anyone would think that I nagged at you, the line is an example of........
a. rhetoric
b. irony
c. parenthesis
d. poetic license

Solution
The line is an example of 
(b) irony

The irony is embedded in the expression since in the entire poem Amanda's mother nags at her and constantly orders her around, and it is ironic how she does not recognise her nagging and asks Amanda to not make a long face.

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