Answer: I believe the answer is personification.
Explanation: Philllis Wheatley's description of mother earth having offspring and nations gazing at scenes are not exaggerations, but rather putting human nature attributes to these objects.
This "statement" or "definition" refers to a literary divide known as a:
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'simile".
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A 'simile' refers to a comparison of 2 (two) unlike things using the term: "<em>like</em>"; or "<em>as</em>".
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Women is a plural noun because the singular noun is woman.
Yep, its a metaphor........
