But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near; And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity. ("To His Coy Mistress"; lines 21-24) Which line represents the use of personification?

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13 December, 12:37

But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near; And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity. ("To His Coy Mistress"; lines 21-24) Which line represents the use of personification?

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Mcgrath · Answer 1

"But at my back I always hear Time’s winged chariot hurrying near"

Personification is the attribution of human qualities to a non-human thing, or the characterization of that thing as a person. The capitalization of Time establishes is him/her as a proper noun, likely a person or a god, riding a winged chariot.