Question

1. as you read the passage below, look for examples of the type of figurative language common to much of phillis wheatleys poetry.

addd for ever be the god unseen,
which round the sun revolves this vast machine,
though to his eye its mass a point appears:
addd the god that whirls surrounding spheres,
which first ordaind that mighty sol should reign
the peerless monarch of th ethereal train.
how does wheatley personify the sun in this passage?
as a whirling sphere
as an unseen force
as a huge machine
as king of the sky

Explanation:

Personification is giving human - like qualities to non - human entities. In the line “The peerless monarch of th’ ethereal train”, “monarch” is a human - related term (a king or queen). The sun is being compared to a king (monarch) ruling over the “ethereal train” (the celestial bodies).

Answer:

as king of the sky