Question

My song has put off her adornments.
She has no pride of dress and decoration.
Ornaments would mar our union;
they would come between thee and me;
their jingling would drown thy whispers.

My poet’s vanity dies in shame before thy sight.
O master poet, I have sat down at thy feet.
Only let me make my life simple and straight,
like a flute of reed for thee to fill with music.

–“Song VII,”
Rabindranath Tagore

Which line contains an example of personification?

“O master poet, I have sat down at thy feet.”
“. . . like a flute of reed for thee to fill with music.”
“My poet’s vanity dies in shame before thy sight.”
“Only let me make my life simple and straight . .

Answer 1

“My poet’s vanity dies in shame before thy sight.”

Explanation: An abstract quality (vanity) is given a human action—dying in shame—which is personification.