Which of the following is an example of personification?

A. They stretched in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay:

B. I gazed-and gazed-but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought:

C. For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

D. And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.

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Abby Gregory

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25 September, 04:39

Which of the following is an example of personification?

A. They stretched in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay:

B. I gazed-and gazed-but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought:

C. For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

D. And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.

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Santino Hurst · Answer 1

Personification gives human traits and qualities, such as emotions, desires, sensations, gestures and speech, often by way of a metaphor. Personificationis much used in visual arts. Examplesin writing are "the leaves waved in the wind", "the ocean heaved a sigh" or "the Sun smiled at us".

Izayah Frank · Answer 2

D. And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.