Concept:Personification attributes human actions or feelings to non-human objects.
Explanation:The extract paints a calm scene of a fisherman waiting on the water.
The boat is described as "nodding" in rhythm with the floating cork.
A boat is not alive, so it cannot nod like a human being.
Nodding is an action associated with a person, not a lifeless object.
By using this word, the poet gives the boat a human quality.
This creates a vivid and rhythmic picture of the waiting angler.
The word "unhurrying" also suggests a slow and lazy pace, adding to this effect.
Now consider the other options.
Parallelism needs repeated sentence structures, which are not present here.
Antithesis needs two opposite ideas placed together, which is absent.
Apostrophe needs a direct address to an absent person, which is not used.
Therefore, the dominant device is clearly personification.
Answer:D. personification