Which of these excerpts from the poems you read is an example of personification?

A. Here and there / his brown skin hung in strips / like ancient wallpaper (bishop, "the fish")

B. Spring is like a perhaps hand / (which comes carefully / out of nowhere) arranging / a window (spring is like a perhaps hand)

C. The work of hunters is another thing: / I have come after them and made repairs (Frost, "mending wall")

D. So much depends / upon / a red wheel / barrow (Williams, "the red wheelbarrow")

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Kaylee

13 November, 11:04

Which of these excerpts from the poems you read is an example of personification?

A. Here and there / his brown skin hung in strips / like ancient wallpaper (bishop, "the fish")

B. Spring is like a perhaps hand / (which comes carefully / out of nowhere) arranging / a window (spring is like a perhaps hand)

C. The work of hunters is another thing: / I have come after them and made repairs (Frost, "mending wall")

D. So much depends / upon / a red wheel / barrow (Williams, "the red wheelbarrow")

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Zackary Arroyo · Answer 1

Answer: The answer is B

Explanation: personification means when objects are described to have human features. B states "Spring is like a perhaps hand", spring is known to be a season and not a living animal, so in conclusion ...

B is the awnser.