‘The musty dark
hoarded an armoury…’
‘Musty dark’
makes the barn sound that as well as being dark it also smells quite
strong. The fact that it ‘hoards armoury’ is an example of personification;
it is almost saying that the dark is human and has the power to hide
things. Explain
the effect of the use of personification here. What does it make the barn sound like?