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Which figure of speech is used in this sentence? Winter was cruel; it did not listen to the peasants. metaphor personification alliteration hyperbole

Which figure of speech is used in this sentence? Winter was cruel; it did not listen to the peasants. metaphor personification alliteration hyperbole
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Which figure of speech is used in this sentence?

Winter was cruel; it did not listen to the peasants.
metaphor
personification
alliteration
hyperbole

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My best guess would be personification. The writer gave the season a human like trait, which is hearing, when stated that it did not "listen" to the peasants. 
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