The dominant device used in presenting ”Joy” and ”Pleasure” in the first stanza is?

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the poem below and answer the question

Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And Pleasure of our richer kind;
Though Pleasure’s free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.

Pleasure’s a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But joy’s a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature’s light.

A. diction
B. oxymoron
C. personification
D. conceit

Correct Answer:

Option C – personification