Question 1 • VT-ACT Reading 26-27
The speaker directly identifies themself as “stone” and “flesh,” using those things figuratively to suggest qualities or parts of their nature. Because the comparison is stated directly without “like” or “as,” it is a metaphor, not a simile. “Stone” and “flesh” are not being given human actions, so this is not personification.
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