Read the lines below from Phillis Wheatley’s poem “His Excellency General Washington”
See Mother Earth her offsprings fate bemoan
And nations gaze at scenes before unknown
What type of figurative language does Wheatley use in these lines, as well in most of her poems.
Explanation: Philllis Wheatley's description of mother earth having offspring and nations gazing at scenes are not exaggerations, but rather putting human nature attributes to these objects.
