Identify the poetic device in the line: "The buzz-saw snarled and rattled in the yard." (Robert Frost):
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. Onomatopoeia and personification
- Step 1: Analyze the descriptive verbs used by Robert Frost in the poem 'Out, Out, ': "snarled" and "rattled".
- Step 2: Identify the literary techniques: the words mimic the mechanical, grating auditory sounds of the operating machine (onomatopoeia), while attributing aggressive, animalistic behaviors like snarling to an inanimate tool (personification). Combining these produces onomatopoeia and personification.
Answer
Onomatopoeia and personification.
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