Question

Which literary device is used in these lines from the poem "Alone" by Maya Angelou?


Where water is not thirsty
And bread loaf is not stone



simile



personification



irony



allusion

Answer 1

personification for the first line where water is given human qualities and simile for the comparison of bread and stone
 

Answer 2

The device which is being used in the lines represented above is definitely personification. The word ''thirsty'' usually describes the state of alive beings, so water there obtains a human meaning which is common for personification characteristics.