Question
Whitman's use of Death in
Line 55 of "Song of Myself, is
an example of what poetic
device?
Sec. 33 Line 55: 'How the
skipper saw the crowded and
rudderless wreck of the
steamship, and Death chasing
it up and down the storm"
A. metaphor - (something is something
else)
B. personification (an obiect or idea is
given human-like characteristics)
C. repetition
Answer
B. personification