Use the extract below to answer questions Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold Line 2: A rainbow in the sky Line 3: so was it when my life began Line 4: so is it now Line 5: so is it when I have grown Line 6: the child is the father of the man. The literary device used in line 1 is ________

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Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold

Line 2: A rainbow in the sky

Line 3: so was it when my life began

Line 4: so is it now

Line 5: so is it when I have grown

Line 6: the child is the father of the man.

The literary device used in line 1 is ________

A Simile
B Alliteration
C Litotes
D Personification

jamb 2019 literature-in-english

The correct answer is D. Personification

'My heart leaps...' evidences the fact that the heart is being personified to act as though it were a real, physical human being.

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