Question
Read the following lines from Stray Birds by Rabindranath Tagore. Then answer the question that follows.
In heart's perspective the distance looms large.
The moon has her light all over the sky, her dark spots to herself.
Do not say, "It is morning," and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a new-born child that has no name.
Smoke boasts to the sky, and Ashes to the earth, that they are brothers to the fire.
The raindrop whispered to the jasmine, "Keep me in your heart forever."
The jasmine sighed, "Alas," and dropped to the ground.
Which device of figurative language does the line in bold use?
Alliteration
Allusion
Onomatopoeia
Personification
In heart's perspective the distance looms large.
The moon has her light all over the sky, her dark spots to herself.
Do not say, "It is morning," and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a new-born child that has no name.
Smoke boasts to the sky, and Ashes to the earth, that they are brothers to the fire.
The raindrop whispered to the jasmine, "Keep me in your heart forever."
The jasmine sighed, "Alas," and dropped to the ground.
Which device of figurative language does the line in bold use?
Alliteration
Allusion
Onomatopoeia
Personification
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The device of figurative language used in the bold line is personification.