What figure of speech does
Wordsworth use in these lines
from his poem?
Lo! where the Moon along the
sky
Sails with her happy destiny;
A. simile
B. metaphor
C. personification
D. hypybole
Personification occurs when a thing or abstraction is represented as a person, in literature or art. It is saying the moon has human like, capabilities.
C. Personification Explanation: Personification is when human qualities are given to inanimate objects. In the lines provided, the poem claims that moon is sailing with the subject’s destiny, which is unrealistic because the moon can not actually sail (although the moon orbits around Earth).
