Question

which of these excerpts from the poems you read is an example of personification?
a. here and there / his brown skin hung in strips / like ancient wallpaper (bishop, \the fish\)
b. visible, invisible, / a fluctuating charm / an amber-tinctured amethyst / inhabits it (moore, \a jelly-fish\)
c. april / comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers (millay, \spring\)
d. so much depends / upon / a red wheel / barrow (williams, \the red wheelbarrow\)

Explanation:

Personification is giving human traits to non-human things. In option C, the month of April is given human actions ("babbling," "strewing flowers") and a human-like label ("an idiot"), which fits the definition of personification. The other options use simile (A) or descriptive imagery without human attribution (B, D).

Answer:

C. April / Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers (Millay, "Spring")