How is the house personified in the second paragraph in a rose for emily?

Personification is a figure of speech in which non-human entities take on human qualities.
So, here is the sentence from A Rose for Emily which has personification:
"...only Miss Emily's house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps-an eyesore among eyesores." 
It is used to say that it was very different from all other houses in the neighborhood, and refused to change to fit its needs. 

The correct answer is rhythm