(1) Nothing farther then he uttered—not a feather then he fluttered—
(2) Till I scarcely more than muttered “Other friends have flown before—
(3) On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before.”
(4) Then the bird said “Nevermore.”
What type of figurative language does Poe use in the second line of this excerpt?
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implied metaphor
implied metaphor
metaphor
metaphor
hyperbole
hyperbole
personification
personification
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In the second line of the excerpt from "The Raven," Edgar Allan Poe uses personification. The line refers to "friends" that have "flown before," implying that the speaker has experienced loss and abandonment. This gives human qualities to the concept of friends, thereby making it personification. So the correct answer is:
personification
