Sea Lullaby
Elinor Wylie

The old moon is tarnished
With smoke of the flood,
The dead leaves are varnished
With color like blood,

A treacherous smiler 5
With teeth white as milk,
A savage beguiler
In sheathings of silk,

The sea creeps to pillage,
She leaps on her prey; 10
A child of the village
Was murdered to-day.

She came up to meet him
In a smooth golden cloak,
She choked him and beat him 15
To death, for a joke.

Her bright locks were tangled,
She shouted for joy,
With one hand she strangled
A strong little boy. 20

Now in silence she lingers
Beside him all night
To wash her long fingers
In silvery light.

1 ) Which figurative device is used most often throughout the poem?
A) hyperbole
B) metaphor
C) onomatopoeia
D) personification
2)
With words such as dead, blood, treacherous, savage, prey, murdered, and strangled, the author creates a picture of the ocean that is
A) calm and cool.
B) rough and stormy.
C) smooth and silky.
D) cruel and bloodthirsty.

Personification is a feature used frequently in the poem, in addition, the author uses adjectives to create the image of a creel and bloodthirsty sea.

What is personification?

It's a figure of speech.
Has the ability to assign human abilities to inanimate objects.

We can see the use of personification when the author shows the sea as something treacherous, seductive, toothy, and wild. These are characteristics common to humans, but not to the sea.

The use of personification makes the sea appear attractive, but very dangerous and destructive.

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