Read these lines from "Fog" by Carl Sandburg.

Question

It [the fog] sits looking

over harbor and city

The underlined section of the poem is an example of

a simile that uses like.
action personification.
a metaphor.
thought personification.

Answer 1

The underlined section of the poem is an example of personification, specifically action personification. This is because the fog is given the human-like ability to "sit" and "look," attributing human actions to an inanimate object.