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Find out from the poem example of Personification.

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Find out from the poem example of Personification.

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“Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.”

Personification: ‘Light’ has been given the animate quality of being ‘tender’ and ‘heaven’ has been given the animate quality of ‘being able to deny’.

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Chapter 2.7: She Walks in Beauty - Brainstorming (A4) [Page 128]

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Balbharati English Yuvakbharati Standard 12 Maharashtra State Board
Chapter 2.7 She Walks in Beauty
Brainstorming (A4) | Q 2.4 | Page 128

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