Question

question 2 of 10
which of these excerpts from the poems you read is an example of
personification?

a. he was speckled with barnacles, / fine rosettes of lime (bishop,
the fish)

b. i placed a jar in tennessee, /... it made the slovenly wilderness /
surround that hill (stevens, the anecdote of the jar)

c. so much depends / upon / a red wheel / barrow (williams, the
red wheelbarrow)

d. the work of hunters is another thing: / i have come after them and
made repair (frost, mending wall)

Explanation:

Personification is giving human traits to non-human things. Option B describes the wilderness as "slovenly"—a human-like trait (referring to being messy or unkempt), which is personification. The other options use literal description or focus on objects without humanizing non-humans.

Answer:

B. I placed a jar in Tennessee, / ... It made the slovenly wilderness / Surround that hill (Stevens, "The Anecdote of the Jar")