''Poetry gets bored of being alone. It wants to go outdoors to chew on the winds'' The dominant figure of speech in the above lines is

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2010 (Objective) Subject: Literature In English

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''Poetry gets bored of being alone. It wants to go outdoors to chew on the winds''
The dominant figure of speech in the above lines is
Answer Details
The dominant figure of speech in the above lines is personification. Personification is a figure of speech in which human qualities are attributed to non-human entities or objects. In the given lines, poetry is personified as wanting to go outdoors and chew on the winds, which is a human characteristic, and thus, it is an example of personification.

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