One of the anchoring earth....figure of speech?
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The figure of speech used here is personification. Earth is an inanimate which is personified.
The figure of speech that is being applied here is personification.
Earth is an inanimate object which is personified.
By grammatical application rule.
Personification is a grammatical figure of speech where human qualities are imposed on inanimate objects.
In the subject literature, personification indicates representation of non-human objects considering it as the human object.
Personification adopts human traits and qualities, such as emotional, desires, sensational, gestures and speech, usually by way of a metaphor.
Personification is most used phenomena in visual arts.
One example is "the trees swang in the wind".In common language, personification is normally giving an example of a living being for a non-living one.
Obviously, the wind cannot shout, and it ai literary only.