Question

What figure of speech is used in this line from Walt Whitman's poem "I Hear America Singing"?

Answer 1

Based on the sentence, i think the answer is B personification

Personification is making non living objects look as if they're a living object. You can see it on the phrase "America Singing"

hope this helps

Answer 2

B) personification

Personification is when human characteristics/attributes are given to inanimate objects for the purpose of helping readers gain a clear understanding of what the writer is attempting to communicate. Personification gives readers a basis of comparison. Because everyone is human, personification is almost guaranteed to paint a clearer picture of something for which otherwise readers may have no experience. Thus, when the author writes “I hear America singing,” the connection is being made between what otherwise may not be known to that of singing—something about which everybody knows.