Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flowe
r that smiles to-day To-morrow will be dying. (Herrick, “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time”; lines 1-4) The use of flower that smiles in the poem is best described as an example of 1. Carpe Diem
2. theme
3. personification
4. allusion
It is an example of 3. personification. Personification is a figure of speech where non-human entities are given human abilities or characteristics. So, flowers usually cannot smile (it is something that humans/animals can do), which is why it is a personification. Carpe Diem is the theme of this poem, but not the correct answer here.
