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Answer:
This line of poetry contains personification.
Explanation:
The line of poetry we are analyzing here belongs to "Afton Water" by Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796). The poem describes the River Afton in Ayshire.
<u>Personification is a literary device in which human qualities or behaviors are attributed to objects. In the line from the poem, Burns mentions the "murmuring stream". However, streams and rivers cannot murmur. That is an ability only human beings possess. That means the author is using personification, probably with the intention of describing the sound of the river in a more elegant, lyrical manner.</u>
That's because she was an activist for environmental protection. Green as an adjective often refers not to the color, but rather to describe someone who is environmentally friendly. In this case, her literature fought for preserving the nature and save the environment, so it is therefore green.
Answer:
Lines 19-21 suggest that the speaker is confused about the next step to take in life and needs guidance of her mother.
Explanation:
"Hanging Fire" is a poem about a 14-year-old teenage girl who expresses a myriad of emotions - excitement, enthusiasm, doubts, fears, anxieties - on various topical issues in her life.
In lines 19-21, she says that "she has plenty to do yet nothing to do" expressing her desire to launch out, explore and do things in life yet is held back by our fear or worry of the unknown. She is confused on the next steps to take as her teenage years unfold.
Meanwhile her mother who is supposed to be her guide through this phase of life is strangely absent, locked up behind closed doors in the bedroom, oblivious of the life challenges her daughter is going through
