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Vsuresh Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Literary feature

Hi

Can you help?

And by my word! the bonny bird
In danger shall not tarry;
So, though the waves are raging white,
I'll row you o'er the ferry.''--
Context: This is a stanza from the poem Lord Ullin's Daughter by Thomas Campbell. It is a ballad wherein the Lord Ullin's daughter who is in love with a Chieftain runs for life with her lover as her father and his men are chasing them.The boatman to whom the couple plead to help them reach the other side of the river, says these words. The boatman's help is all the more important now as the weather is rough.

Question: The imagery in the line highlighted is an example of ............
  1. simile
  2. metaphor
  3. personification
  4. alliteration
  

Top answer

Hi, Personification. The waves are spoken of as if they are angry (ie raging ) Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, Personification.
  • The waves are spoken of as if they are angry (ie raging ) Clive
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Hi,

Personification. The waves are spoken of as if they are angry (ie raging)

Clive
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