Question

Identify the figure of speech used in the below lines:

 

"I think our country sinks beneath the yoke;
It weeps, it bleeds" 

1. Metaphor
2. Simile
3. Apostrophe
4. Personification

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Personification

; The correct answer is: Personification

• Let us take a look at the given sentence, "I think our country sinks beneath the yoke;
  It weeps, it bleeds" 
• The country is given human characteristics of sinking, weeping, bleeding.
• Thus, it has been personified. 
• Therefore, the answer is Personification.

• The simile is a figure of speech that is used when a direct comparison is made between two things.
  •  Example: As red as the rose.
• The apostrophe is a figure of speech used when someone dead absent is being addressed.
  • Example: "Death, be not proud."
• ​A metaphor is a figure of speech used to two implicitly compare two things.
  • Example: Rosy lips

​Thus the correct answer is: Personification