Question

Read the poem "Heat" by H.D. in Explorations in Literature.

H.D. personifies heat in her poem "Heat," describing how it blunts the fruit as if it were a human being with the capacity to shape objects.

How does this use of personification affect the meaning of the poem?

1| It turns the poem into a battle between the heat and the wind.
2| It captures a farmer’s frustrations with crops that ripen too quickly in the summer heat.
3| It suggests that the heat has real power to change its environment.
4| It recalls ancient myths about the weather.

Answer 1

3

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer: 3. It suggests that the heat has real power to change its environment.

Explanation: Personification is a figure of speech that consists in giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects, or also it can be describing an abstract concept using human features. In the poem "Heat" by H. D. the author uses the personification of heat describing how it blunts the fruit as if it were a human being with the capacity to shape objects, and this personification suggests that the heat has real power to change its environment.