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Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying. (“To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”; lines 1-4) Which line represents the use of personification?

“Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,”
“Old time is still a-flying:”
“And this same flower that smiles today”
“To-morrow will be dying.”

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Answer: otherwise known as personification.

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"And this same flower that smiles today" because it's making an object do life-like things
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