Question

read these lines from emily dickinsons \324\ (\some keep the sabbath going to church\):

some keep the sabbath going to church -
i keep it, staying at home -
with a bobolink for a chorister -
and an orchard, for a dome -

what is one purpose of the personification in this excerpt?

a. to make church seem like a peer to the speaker
b. to link two unlike concepts: a birds chirp and a church choir
c. to indicate that the speaker does not believe in god
d. to compare the speaker to the sermon given at church

Explanation:

Personification here frames the bobolink as a "Chorister" (a church singer), which connects the bird's natural chirping to the human role of a choir member in a church setting. This links the two unlike concepts of a bird's sound and a church choir, while the other options are incorrect: A misinterprets the device's intent, C is unsupported as the poem focuses on personal faith practice not disbelief, and D is unrelated to the personification used.

Answer:

B. To link two unlike concepts: a bird's chirp and a church choir