Question

1. which poetic device is used in the line fog hanging like old coats between the trees?

alliteration
hyperbole
simile
personification

Explanation:

A simile is a figure - of - speech that makes a comparison using the words "like" or "as". In the line "Fog hanging like old coats between the trees", the fog is compared to old coats using "like", which is characteristic of a simile. Alliteration involves the repetition of initial consonant sounds, hyperbole is extreme exaggeration, and personification gives human qualities to non - human things. None of these apply here.

Answer:

C. Simile