Question

select the correct answer from each drop - down menu.
read this excerpt from \porphyrias lover\ by robert browning and complete the sentences that follow.
the rain set early in to - night,
the sullen wind was soon awake,
it tore the elm - tops down for spite,
and did its worst to vex the lake
these lines from the poem have several examples of personification. the lines express the importance of respecting the power of nature. the poetic sound device that is most pronounced in the lines is drop - down menu with options: alliteration, assonance, rhyme, onomatopoeia.

Explanation:

1. The first blank is already correctly filled: the wind is described as "sullen," "awake," and acting "for spite," which gives human traits to a non-human natural force, this is personification.
2. The second blank is already correctly filled: the depiction of the wind violently damaging trees and agitating the lake emphasizes nature's destructive power, framing the importance of respecting that power.
3. For the third blank, alliteration is the most pronounced sound device. The lines repeat initial consonant sounds: /r/ in "rain set early", /s/ in "sullen wind was soon awake", /t/ in "tore the elm-tops down for spite", and /d/ in "did its worst to vex the lake".

Answer:

1. personification
2. respecting the power
3. alliteration