From the given options, select the Figure of Speech (Poetic Device) used in the expression:

Ruin seize thee, ruthless king!

Personification

The correct answer is OPTION 1 Personification.

The expression "Ruin seize thee, ruthless king!" is an example of personification, which is a figure of speech that gives human qualities to inanimate objects or animals. In this case, the inanimate object is "ruin," which is being given the human quality of "seizing" the king. This is personification because the ruin is not literally seizing the king, but the speaker is using the image of ruin as a metaphor for the king's downfall.

The other options are incorrect. Pun is a play on words that uses multiple meanings of a word or phrase. Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of closely connected words. Oxymoron is a figure of speech that juxtaposes two contradictory terms.