Question

Reread these lines from the poem:

And Spring herself, when she woke at dawn,
Would scarcely know that we were gone.
What is the effect of the figurative language on the tone of the
poem?
O It creates a dreamy tone, as the personification
indicates spring awakens early.
O It creates a mysterious tone, as the personification of
spring suggests uncertain
curiosity about what
happened to humans.
O It creates a dark and dismal tone, as the
personification suggests hatred for humans.
O It creates a melancholy tone, as the personification of
spring suggests indifference to humans.

Answer 1

It creates a melancholy tone, as the personification of spring suggests indifference to humans is correct for all future users.

Answer 2

It creates a melancholy tone, as the personification of spring suggests indifference to humans.

Step-by-step explanation:

Personification is a literary device in which human characteristics are attributed to something non-human (in this case, to spring). Spring wakes up, which is something humans and animals can do, the pronoun she is used to describe it, and it's written with a capital letter. It feels as if spring is represented as a woman with her own name.

The figurative language creates a melancholy tone, as the personification of spring suggests indifference to humans. Spring wakes up, not even realizing that humans are gone. Spring will arrive every year, no matter whether the humans are there or not.