Question

What figure of speech is the following? "Of a surf-tormented shore," metaphor simile personification none of the above

Answer 1

The correct answer is : Personification. Because the shore felt a human behavior "Torment".

Answer 2

This expression taken from Allan Poe the "surf-tormented shore" becomes a second metaphor for time, as the waters of the sea slowly but inexorably pound away at the physical existence of the shore.