‘The god of rain/turned away his face’. Which figure of speech is used here?
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Put away the road maps now.
To go there,
you do not need
helicopters any more;
wherever there is hunger,
there Kalahandi is.
The god of rain
turned away his face.
There was not one green leaf
left on the trees for supper.
The whole village a graveyard.
Cracked ground,
drab river sand.
All the plans failed;
the poverty line
receded further.
‘The god of rain/turned away his face’. Which figure of speech is used here?
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Correct answer: (B) personification
Explanation
The rain is given a human face and the human action of turning away, which is personification.