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 nature. the poetic sound device that is most pronounced in the lines is.
(options for the relevant blank: avoiding the wrath, respecting the power, reflecting on the beauty, protesting the haughtiness)

Explanation:

1. For the first blank, the text already correctly identifies personification (giving human traits like "sullen," "awake," "spite" to wind/rain).
2. The vivid, violent depiction of nature (wind tearing elm-tops, vexing the lake) emphasizes needing to respect nature's power, so this fits the second blank.
3. The lines use end rhyme (night/awake, spite/lake) which is the most pronounced sound device here.

Answer:

1. (already selected correctly) personification
2. respecting the power
3. end rhyme