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What is the most prominent figurative language element in this excerpt from the poem “The First Snowfall” by James Russell Lowell?

Every pine and fir and hemlock
Wore ermine too dear for an earl,
And the poorest twig on the elm-tree
Was ridged inch deep with pearl.



simile



alliteration



synecdoche



personification



hyperbole



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User Yasd
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It's personification, trust me! DO NOT PUT ALLITERATION OR SYNECDOCHE AS YOUR ANSWER!!!

User Nirpi
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synecdoche, is my best choice..
User Nikhil Agrawal
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