Read the excerpt below from the poem "There's a certain Slant of light" by Emily Dickinson and answer the question that follows. When it comes, the landscape listens, Shadows hold their breath. Source: Dickinson, Emily. "There's a certain Slant of light." The Poems of Emily Dickinson. Ed. R. W. Franklin. Harvard: Harvard University Press, 1999. Poetry Foundation. Web. 9 June. 2011. Which technique does this excerpt use? allusion personification simile hyperbole

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Priscilla Chandler

5 July, 17:14

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Niko Owen · Answer 1

This poem is an personification. It is a personification because shadows can not breath.

Romeo · Answer 2

This excerpt uses personification because shadows cant hold breaths.