"Thro' scudding drifts, the rainy Hyades / Vext the dim sea"... Identify the figure of speech employed here.
Personification
In this line from Tennyson's 'Ulysses', the constellation Hyades is given the human ability to 'vex' or trouble the sea, attributing a human action to a non-human entity. This is an example of Personification, hence option (C) is correct.
Important Questions from Figure of speech/Literary Devices
Select the appropriate figure of speech from the given options.
Why the whole city went out to see the victorious general?
Select the appropriate figure of speech from the given options.
Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
Select the appropriate figure of speech from the given options.
An ambassador is an honest man who lies abroad for the good of his country.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
He lay all night on his sleepless pillow.
The underlined is an example of
“An exaggeration for emphasis” is feature of:
