Question

Which of the following is an example of personification?

A. They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:

B. I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

C. For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,

D. And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

Answer 1

Personification gives human traits and qualities, such as emotions, desires, sensations, gestures and speech, often by way of a metaphor. Personificationis much used in visual arts. Examplesin writing are "the leaves waved in the wind", "the ocean heaved a sigh" or "the Sun smiled at us".

Answer 2

D. And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.