Question

Which of the following lines contains the same literary device as the one in this line in the poem - ‘The welkin weeps to hear his screech’?

Options

• A fair breeze blow, the white foam flow

• Frail as a dragon - fly’s wing

• Ten thousand saw I at a glance

• Because I could not stop for Death -
  He kindly stopped for me.

Answer 1

Because I could not stop for Death -
He kindly stopped for me.

Explanation:

The line “The welkin weeps to hear his screech” uses personification, where human qualities are given to non-human things. The sky (“welkin”) is described as capable of weeping. Similarly, Death is given the human quality of kindness and the ability to stop for someone, making it personification.