Question

By the lakes that thus outspread their lone waters, lone and dead, their sad waters, sad and chilly is an example of what type of figurative language?

1) Simile
2) Metaphor
3) Personification
4) Hyperbole

Answer 1

The phrase includes personification by attributing human-like qualities such as emotions and states of being to the waters, making them appear 'lone and dead' and 'sad and chilly'.

Step-by-step explanation:

The phrase 'By the lakes that thus outspread their lone waters, lone and dead, their sad waters, sad and chilly' is an example of personification. Personification is a type of figurative language where human qualities are given to objects, animals, or ideas. In this instance, the waters are described with the human characteristics of being 'lone and dead' and 'sad and chilly,' which implies they possess emotions and states of being that are typically associated with humans. This contrasts with simile, which makes a comparison using 'like' or 'as' (e.g., 'as lonely as a cloud'); metaphor, which makes a direct comparison between two unlike things (e.g., 'She is a sly fox'); and hyperbole, which is an exaggerated statement (e.g., 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse').