Questions: 0 EC ELA12B English Farrah Hopkins Style in Poems by Rabindranath Tagore Instruction Active Identifying Personification If you would be busy and fill your pitcher, come, O come to my lake. The water will cling round your feet and babble its secret. The shadow of the coming rain is on the sands, and the clouds hang low upon the blue lines of the trees like the heavy hair above your eyebrows. I know well the rhythm of your steps, they are beating in my heart. Come, O come to my lake, if you must fill your pitcher. Which line contains an example of personification? "If you would be busy and fill your pitcher, come... "The water will cling round your feet and babble its secret." - 1 know well the rhythm of your steps... Intro Done

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Farrah Hopkins

Style in Poems by Rabindranath Tagore
Instruction Active
Identifying Personification

If you would be busy and fill your pitcher, come, O come to my lake.
The water will cling round your feet and babble its secret.
The shadow of the coming rain is on the sands, and the clouds hang low upon the blue lines of the trees like the heavy hair above your eyebrows.
I know well the rhythm of your steps, they are beating in my heart.
Come, O come to my lake, if you must fill your pitcher.

Which line contains an example of personification?
"If you would be busy and fill your pitcher, come...
"The water will cling round your feet and babble its secret."
- 1 know well the rhythm of your steps...
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Transcript text: 0 EC ELA12B English Farrah Hopkins Style in Poems by Rabindranath Tagore Instruction Active Identifying Personification If you would be busy and fill your pitcher, come, O come to my lake. The water will cling round your feet and babble its secret. The shadow of the coming rain is on the sands, and the clouds hang low upon the blue lines of the trees like the heavy hair above your eyebrows. I know well the rhythm of your steps, they are beating in my heart. Come, O come to my lake, if you must fill your pitcher. Which line contains an example of personification? "If you would be busy and fill your pitcher, come... "The water will cling round your feet and babble its secret." - 1 know well the rhythm of your steps... Intro Done
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The answer is "The water will cling round your feet and babble its secret."

Explanation

Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to non-human things. In the line "The water will cling round your feet and babble its secret," the water is given human-like abilities to "cling" and "babble," which are actions typically associated with living beings. This use of personification helps create a vivid and engaging image, enhancing the reader's connection to the scene described in the poem.

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