Question

Which type of literary device does Coleridge use in the lines “As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing” and “And ’mid these dancing rocks at once and ever?”
simile
alliteration
paradox
personification

Answer 1

Answer: D) Personification.

Explanation: Personification is a figure of speech that consists in giving human characteristics to nonhuman objects. The given lines are both examples of personification. The first one says the earth (nonhuman object) breath (human characteristic), and in the second sentence the author says that the rocks (nonhuman object) are dancing (human characteristic). So the correct answer is option D.

Answer 2

Personification. Personification is when you give non-human objects human qualities.