Question

21. "The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night." Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

Imagery
Personification
Hyperbole
Irony

Answer 1

Personification

Step-by-step explanation:

Personification is the assignment of the qualities of living things to inanimate objects. This literary device is used in the above line from Romeo and Juliet.

• First, Morning is described as being grey-eyed. Morning has no eyes not to talk of being grey-eyed. This attribute of living things was attributed to morning to describe its newness.
• Secondly, morning was described as smiling. Now, again only living things are known to smile. This smile represents the brightness that comes with morning.
• Lastly, the night was described as frowning. This describes the darkness that comes with the night.

Thus, the author used personification in this line.