Choose the option that correctly identifies the figure of speech used in the following lines:
"Busy old fool, unruly sun,
Why dost thou thus,
Through windows and through curtains call on us?"
Choose the option that correctly identifies the figure of speech used in the following lines:
"Busy old fool, unruly sun,
Why dost thou thus,
Through windows and through curtains call on us?"
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 3
The sun is addressed directly and given human traits, being called a busy old fool and unruly and said to call on the speaker. Attributing human qualities and actions to a non-human thing is personification. There is no implied comparison of two unlike things, and no part stands for the whole.
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