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Question
Pick out four examples of personification. Write what is personified in each:
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Solution
- Oft, a little morning rain Foretells a pleasant day - Rain is given the human quality of foretelling.
- Life's sunny hours flit by - Sunny hours are given the human quality of flitting by.
- What though Death at times steps in - Death is given the human quality of stepping in.
- What though Sorrow seems to win - Sorrow is given the human quality of winning.
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