Question

Which phrase best describes Plath's techRead the poem below and answer the question that follows. "Spring" by Edna St. Vincent Millay To what purpose, April, do you return again? Beauty is not enough. You can no longer quiet me with the redness Of little leaves opening stickily. I know what I know. The sun is hot on my neck as I observe The spikes of the crocus. The smell of the earth is good. It is apparent that there is no death But what does that signify? Not only underground are the brains of men Eaten by maggots. Life in itself Is nothing, An empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs. It is not enough that yearly, down this hill, April Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers. Source: Millay, Edna St. Vincent. "Spring." Second April. New York: J. J. Little and Ives Company, 1921. Poetry Foundation. Web. 05 May 2011. Which lines from the poem above illustrate personification?Nique in her poem "Edge"?

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Answer:

"April Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers."

Explanation:

Personification is the technique used by writers when they give human attributes to non-human or non-living entities. This means that non-living things, ideas, and elements are presented as living beings, giving them humanistic qualities.

In the given poem "Spring" by Edna St. Vincent Millay, the lines that illustrate personification is "April Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers." Here, the month of April is presented as a human being, "an idiot" who came babbling and strews flowers around, just like a human being would act.