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Identify the figure of speech used in the below lines:   "I think our country sinks beneath the yoke; It weeps, it bleeds" 

Identify the figure of speech used in the below lines:   "I think our country sinks beneath the yoke; It weeps, it bleeds"  Correct Answer Personification

; The correct answer is: Personification
Key Points
  • Let us take a look at the given sentence, "I think our country sinks beneath the yoke;
    It weeps, it bleeds" 
  • The country is given human characteristics of sinking, weeping, bleeding.
  • Thus, it has been personified. 
  • Therefore, the answer is Personification.
Additional Information
  • The simile is a figure of speech that is used when a direct comparison is made between two things.
    •  Example: As red as the rose.
  • The apostrophe is a figure of speech used when someone dead absent is being addressed.
    • Example: "Death, be not proud."
  • ​A metaphor is a figure of speech used to two implicitly compare two things.
    • Example: Rosy lips
​Thus the correct answer is: Personification

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