Question 6 of 35intermediate🔍 AnalyzeVery Short1 mark
Identify the word in the poem that personifies the whistle of the train.
Correct Answer
The word 'shrieking' personifies the whistle of the train. Shrieking is a human action of crying out loudly, and attributing this action to the train's whistle gives it human-like qualities.
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Explanation
The chapter uses the word 'shrieking' in the first stanza: 'But I hear its whistle shrieking.' Personification is a literary device where human qualities are attributed to non-human things. A whistle cannot literally shriek—only humans can—so this is an example of personification.