Read the passage from "To Autumn." Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn Among the river sallows, borne aloft, Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies; -------------------------------------- Which best identifies and interprets the use of the underlined poetic device? (The light wind lives or dies is the poetic device)
A. Simile; the wind is like an unhealthy river in the summer B. Metaphor; the wind is blowing hard enough to cry mournfully C. Imagery; the fluttering gnats appeal to the reader's sense of smell D. Personification; The stillness and gusts of the wind are described as its life and death
