what does the personification in this text suggest?\nthere was never a sound beside the wood but one,\nand…
what does the personification in this text suggest?\nthere was never a sound beside the wood but one,\nand that was my long scythe whispering to the ground.\n—robert frost, \mowing\\nthe scythe was speaking quietly.\nthe scythe made a soft swishing sound.
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Brief Explanations:
Personification is a literary device where non - human things are given human qualities. Here, the scythe is said to be "whispering". A whisper is a soft, quiet sound. In the context of a scythe (a tool for cutting grass or crops), the "whispering" is a personified way of describing the soft swishing sound it makes as it moves through the grass (or ground). It's not that the scythe is actually speaking (as the first option implies in a too - literal sense of personification). The second option correctly interprets the personified "whispering" as a soft swishing sound.
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The scythe made a soft swishing sound.