Question

question 1 of 20 read these lines from walt whitmans \song of myself\: the spotted hawk swoops by and accuses me, he complains of my gab and my loitering. i too am not a bit tamed, i too am untranslatable, i sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. what is one purpose of the personification in this poem? a. to make a connection between the speaker and the reader b. to compare the speaker to a force of nature c. to link two unlike concepts: mountains and burial mounds d. to make an animal seem like a peer to the speaker

Explanation:

Personification gives human - like qualities to non - human things. Here, the spotted hawk is personified as accusing and complaining. This makes the hawk seem like a peer to the speaker, engaging in a kind of interaction. It doesn't connect speaker and reader, compare speaker to nature force, or link mountains and burial mounds.

Answer:

D. To make an animal seem like a peer to the speaker