The last two lines of the excerpt contain an example of personification. This is because they attribute human-like qualities to Spring, suggesting that she would "scarcely know that we were gone," which implies awareness and understanding that are human traits.
Sara Teasdale Robins will wear their feathery fire Whistling their whims on a low fence-wire; And not one will know of the war, not one Will care at last when it is done. Not one would mind, neither bird nor tree If mankind perished utterly; And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn, Would scarcely know that we were gone. The last two lines of the excerpt contain an example of ________. (1 point) Responses personification personification Simile Simile metaphor metaphor hyperbole hyperbole Skip to navigation
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