tennyson makes use of which devices in the lines: “It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: / It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles”?

Question

tennyson makes use of which devices in the lines: “It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: / It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles”? Mark all that apply

a. Allusion

b. Parallelism

c. Simile

d. Personification

Answer 1

A.. doesn't make sense as Tennyson isn't alluding to some other thing - he explicitly states he's talking about the Happy Isles (the Greeks version of Heaven)

B. he's repeating the lines of "It may be..." so this fits the definition of parallelism

C. wrong, there's no comparison being made

D. also correct as the "gulfs" are being personified to "wash us down" which could be considered the human action of drinking

Correct Answers: B + D