Directions: Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct/most appropriate options : All creation drinks with pleasure, Drinks at Mother Nature's breast; All the just, and all the evil, Follow down her rosy path. Kisses she bestowed, and grape wine, Friendship true, proved e'en in death: Every worm knows nature's pleasure, Every cherub meets his God. Gladly, like the planets flying True to heaven's mighty plan, Brothers, run your course now, Happy as a knight in victory. Identify and name the figure of speech used in “All creation ‘Drinks at Mother Nature’s breast”.
Option 3, Personification, is the correct answer for the figure of speech used in the phrase “All creation ‘Drinks at Mother Nature’s breast”. Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to non-human entities. In this context, "Mother Nature" is given human characteristics, such as having a "breast" from which all creation drinks. This implies nurturing and care, qualities typically associated with a mother, thereby personifying nature as…Read More
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