What figure of speech is used in this line from Walt Whitman's poem "I Hear America Singing"? I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear

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Jarred Parr · Answer 1 · 2016-04-14T09:52:45+0000

Personification, Walt Whitman is personifying the land that is America and giving it the qualities of a person, in saying that it is singing. Therefore the figure of speech used is personification.

What figure of speech is used in this line from Walt Whitman's poem "I Hear America Singing"? I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear

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