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Which figure of speech is found in the following line of

Shakespeare's "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day"?
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
onomatopoeia
simile
repetition
personification

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Final answer:

The figure of speech in the line is personification.


Step-by-step explanation:

The figure of speech found in the line from Shakespeare's "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?" is personification. Personification is when human qualities are given to non-human things. In this line, the rough winds are said to 'shake' the buds of May, which is a human action attributed to the wind.


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