Weeping Pilliow illustrates________

LITERATUREWAEC 2018

Weeping Pilliow illustrates________

  • A. Dramatic Monologue
  • B. Pathetic Fallacy
  • C. Transferred epithet
  • D. Dramatic Irony

Correct Answer: B. Pathetic Fallacy

Explanation

The phrase pathetic fallacy is a literary term for the attribution of human emotion and conduct to things found in nature that are not human. It is a kind of personification that occurs in poetic descriptions, when, for example, clouds seem sullen, when leaves dance, or when rocks seem indifferent.

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