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प्रश्न
‘The city now, doth, like garment wear’. The poet imagines that the city is wearing a beautiful garment. Hence, the figure of speech is personification. Find out more examples of personification from the poem.
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उत्तर
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An example of Personification can be found in the line,
'This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning;'
In this line, the city is said to wear the beauty of the morning like a garment. Thus, the city has been compared to a person wearing clothes.
- “In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;”
Personification – 'The sun' has been personified using the male pronoun 'his'. - The river glideth at his own sweet will:
Personification – The river has been given the animate quality of having its own 'will'.
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