Question

Read the following line of poetry. Then, answer the question that follows.

How dreary the winds shriek and whine …

Which type of figurative language is used in this excerpt?

Allusion
Idiom
Personification
Simile

Answer 1

Personification.

Step-by-step explanation:

Giving the wind human features such as the ability to make sound is personification.

"shriek" and "wine" are personifications.