The phrase 'voice crawls up and down the lawn' is an example of which literary device?

Alliteration

Hyperbole

Personification

Oxymoron

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C. Personification

The correct option is C. This phrase uses personification, attributing human characteristics to the speaker's wife’s voice.

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