Read the excerpt below and answer the question. This Nymph, to the destruction of mankind, Nourish'd two Locks, which graceful h
ung behind In equal curls, and well conspir'd to deck With shining ringlets the smooth iv'ry neck. (Canto II, lines 19-22) By asserting that the two locks of hair conspired to do something, the author is using the literary device of _____. A) alliteration B) personification C) satire D) metaphor
By saying that the two locks of hair conspired to do something, the author is attributing a characteristic of human nature to the locks of hair which on fact are non living (or human) entities
