Question

In The Deserted Village, Poetry's walking to the sea is an example of _____.

personification
simile
poetic diction
heroic couplet

Answer 1

The answer is heroic couplet. In The Deserted Village, Poetry's walking to the sea is an example of a heroic couplet.
A heroic couplet is a traditional form for English poetry which is commonly used in epic and narrative poetry. It is composed  of a rhyming pair of lines in iambic pentameter. 

Answer 2

Answer:

• In The Deserted Village, "Poetry's walking to the sea" is an example of personification.

Explanation:

Personification alludes to the act of joining human qualities and attributes with inanimate things and animals.