(11.04 LC)

Read the excerpt from the poem "Queen of the Cats":

Old Polly was a cat of unusual grace,
With wide, yellow eyes and thin stripes on her face.
My wife took her in on a cold, autumn night,
While the north wind played the weather vane foul.
The old iron rooster screeched at the slight.

What type of figurative language is the old iron rooster screeched at the slight?

Group of answer choices

Simile

Personification

Hyperbole

Metaphor