CTET PAPER I 2021 · PYQ · Poetry / Figures of Speech · easy
Name the figure of speech used in lines 3 and 4.
A.Simile
B.Personification✓ Correct
C.Metonymy
D.Alliteration
Explanation
Lines 3 and 4—'A tree whose hungry mouth is prest / Against the earth's sweet flowing breast'—give human attributes (a hungry mouth, a breast) to the tree and the earth respectively. This is the figure of speech called personification.
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