Answer:
C. Personification
Explanation:
A Wintry Sonnet (Christina Rossetti)
<em>A Robin said: The Spring will never come,</em>
<em> And I shall never care to build again.</em>
<em>A Rosebush said: These frosts are wearisome,</em>
<em> My sap will never stir for sun or rain.</em>
<em><u>The half Moon said: These nights are fogged and slow,</u></em>
<em><u>I neither care to wax nor care to wane.</u></em>
<em><u>The Ocean said: I thirst from long ago,</u></em>
<em><u> Because earth's rivers cannot fill the main.--</u></em>
<em>When Springtime came, red Robin built a nest,</em>
<em> And trilled a lover's song in sheer delight.</em>
<em> Grey hoarfrost vanished, and the Rose with might</em>
<em> Clothed her in leaves and buds of crimson core.</em>
<em>The dim Moon brightened. Ocean sunned his crest,</em>
<em> Dimpled his blue, yet thirsted evermore.</em>
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Here we see that Christine Rossetti used personification as her main literary technique.
Personification is a literary technique in which a thing (object or animal) is given human attributes (ability to talk, to walk, to think...)
For example, we see in this poem, “<em><u>The half Moon said...</u></em>” we are giving the moon the ability to speak, which is a human quality. That's why we can say that the moon has been personified in the given poem. The same we can say about the ocean "<em><u>The Ocean said...",</u></em> the ocean is not a living being, it can't speak, so this is personification.
<u>There are a few reasons for using personification: </u>
- it can be used as a method of imagery for a better understanding of some author's points of view
- it can be used to emphasize some idea
- it can be used to help paint a picture in your mind.
I hope it helped you :)
