Identify and name the poetic device used in 'waving so flower-like'.
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
Into the sunshine,
Full of the light,
Leaping and flashing
From morn till night!
Into the moonlight,
Whiter than snow.
Waving so flower-like
When the winds blow!
Into the starlight,
Rushing in spray,
Happy at midnight,
Happy by day!
Glorious fountain!
Let my heart be
Fresh, cheerful, constant,
Upward, like thee!
Identify and name the poetic device used in 'waving so flower-like'.
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Correct answer: (C) Personification
Explanation
Note: the official key gives (3); strictly, "flower-like" is a simile, which is not among the options. Following the key, the fountain is treated as a living thing that waves like a flower and is "happy", which is personification.