This question is based on General Literary Principles and Literary Appreciation
'I have said too much unto a heart of stone
And laid mine honour too unchary out'
Twelveth Night by W. Shakespeare
The above lamentation is an example of a
Here, “heart of stone” attributes human qualities (a heart that can feel or not feel) to an inanimate object (stone). This is personification, because it gives a human characteristic—emotional capacity—to something non-human.
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