Which rhetorical device does the author employ in these lines?

"I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset."

A. Simile

B. Personification - my answer

C. Understatement

D. Irony

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Hester

7 December, 21:51

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Tate Blair · Answer 1

Personification the rivers are singing, and it cannot sing as it has no voice

Which rhetorical device does the author employ in these lines?"I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy bosom turn all golden in the sunset."A. SimileB. Personification - my answerC. UnderstatementD. Irony