When it comes, the landscape listens,
Shadows hold their breath.

Source: wingspaninson, Emily. “There’s a certain Slant of light.” The Poems of Emily wingspaninson. Ed. R. W. Franklin. Harvard: Harvard University Press, 1999. Poetry Foundation. Web. 9 June. 2011.

Which technique does this excerpt use?

allusion
personification
simile
hyperbole

Question

When it comes, the landscape listens,
Shadows hold their breath.

Source: wingspaninson, Emily. “There’s a certain Slant of light.” The Poems of Emily wingspaninson. Ed. R. W. Franklin. Harvard: Harvard University Press, 1999. Poetry Foundation. Web. 9 June. 2011.

 

Which technique does this excerpt use?

 allusion  
 personification  
 simile  
 hyperbole

anonymous · Answer

a.

anonymous · Answer

Landscape listens   landscape is being given a human trait. Shadows hold there breath. Shadows are being given a human trait, therefore the Landscape and shadow are being given traits of a person. 
Simile uses like or as
hyperbole exaggerates
personification gives personal traits to non people