After some time it began to drop and, floating swiftly downward, came to earth on the brow of a steep hill.
2007-03-04 14:48:46 · 4 answers · asked by Shushan A 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The first part of the sentence is not a metaphor because the "it" is not being compared to anything. "It" dropped, floated, came to...they are all verbs describing "its" behavior.
Personification is attributing human-like qualities to non-human and objects, "The trees danced". This is not applicable here.
Perhaps, "brow of a steep hill" could be a metaphor--if not its proper term. Though, "eye of the storm" is a metaphor and commonly preferred over other terms. If you must choose one, I'd go with metaphor.
2007-03-04 15:06:26 · answer #1 · answered by LUCKY3 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is not a personification, becasue it does not attribute personal qualities to an inanimate object. it is now a metaphor in itself, because it is describing exactly what happened in clear and direct terms. On the other hand, "brow" of the hill might be considered to be a metaphor, although I guess it has now come to be considered direct vocabulary.
So the answer, in short, is: "neither".
2007-03-04 22:52:54 · answer #2 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It seems like a metaphor, but if in certain context before the sentence, it could be a personification. Probably a petaphor though.
2007-03-04 22:53:56 · answer #3 · answered by Sam A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Metaphor-it describes something not someone
2007-03-04 22:55:08 · answer #4 · answered by knowitall 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋