Question

1. as you read the passage below, look for examples of the type of figurative language common to much of phillis wheatley’s poetry. ador’d for ever be the god unseen, which round the sun revolves this vast machine, though to his eye its mass a point appears: ador’d the god that whirls surrounding spheres, which first ordain’d that mighty sol should reign the peerless monarch of th’ ethereal train: how does wheatley personify the sun in this passage? as a whirling sphere as a huge machine as king of the sky as an unseen force

Explanation:

To determine how Wheatley personifies the sun, we analyze the options:

• "as a whirling sphere": The "whirling spheres" refer to other celestial bodies, not the sun.
• "as a huge machine": The "vast machine" describes the solar system, not the sun.
• "as king of the sky": The line "mighty Sol should reign" and "peerless monarch" gives the sun (Sol) human - like royal qualities (reigning, being a monarch), which is personification.
• "as an unseen force": The "unseen God" is a different entity, not the sun.

Answer:

C. as king of the sky