Directions: Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the correct/most appropriate option. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry; For having lost but once your prime, You may forever tarry. 'And this same flower that smiles today.' Identify the figure of speech used in this line.
The line "And this same flower that smiles today" uses the figure of speech known as personification, which is correctly identified as Option 4. Personification is a literary device where human qualities or characteristics are attributed to non-human entities or inanimate objects. In this line, the flower is described as "smiling," which is a human action. Flowers do not literally smile; thus, the poet is giving the flower a human…Read More
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