Question

Identify the literary device in this
sentence?
Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to
talk with you again .. (Paul Simon, The
Sounds of Silence) *
(1 Point)
A Personification
B. Apostrophe
C. Anaphora
D. Juxtaposition​

Answer 1

it can be also a personification because hello darkness it is given the human quality

Answer 2

We need to identify the literacy device used in the sentence ' Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk to you again..'

• We are required to give the literacy device which is used in the sentence given in the question
• The literacy device used in the sentence is the personification
• Personification is said to be used when the writer gives life to non-living things and talks about them as if they are alive
• In this sentence, the poet is treating the darkness as if the darkness is his old friend
• So the correct answer for the literacy device will be A. Personification