Question

Read the extract and answer the questions that follow:

You tore the pages of the books.

You brought rain again.

You're very clever at poking fun at weaklings.

Frail crumbling houses, crumbling doors, crumbling rafters,

crumbling wood, crumbling bodies, crumbling lives,

crumbling hearts -

the wind god winnows and crushes them all.

Q1. Which literary device has been used in the first three lines?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Anaphora - When a word is repeated at the start of two or more consecutive lines, it is the device of Anaphora.

Anaphora - When a word is repeated at the start of two or more consecutive lines, it is the device of Anaphora.Lines 2, 3, 4 begin with ‘don’t

Answer 2

Answer:

Personification is used

Explanation:

Because in the first 3 lines 'you' is repeated 3 times and therefore the literary device is personification.