From the given options, select the Figure of Speech (Poetic Device) used in the expression:
In Saxon strength that abbey frowned.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Personification
An abbey is a large old church building. A building cannot frown, but here the abbey "frowned". Frowning is a human face showing anger. The old, strong building seems to look down sternly.
| Figure | What it is | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) Pun | plays on two meanings of one word | The bakery shut down because the owner could not make enough dough. |
| (2) Simile | needs "like" or "as" to compare | His hands were as cold as ice. |
| (3) Personification (answer) | lets a non-living thing act or feel like a person | The angry clouds hid the sun all afternoon. |
| (4) Oxymoron | puts opposite words side by side | Parting from her old school was a sweet sorrow for Priya. |