"Stricken silence" can't be a metaphor because there is no comparison made. It also can't be a simile for the same reason and there is no "like" or "as." Hyperbole is extreme exaggeration, and I see none here. Therefore I vote personification, because silence is given a human like quality to be stricken.
My parents got hurt when they learned that their son got stricken.
Stricken is: afligido; afectado
The duration of Terrier Stricken is 420.0 seconds.
She was stricken by how odd he was acting.
Freude am Stricken translates as Joy of knitting.
Stricken - song - was created on 2005-07-25.
Terrier Stricken was created on 1952-11-29.
Suddenly David was stricken by the stupidity of what he'd done.
Stricken - 1998 is rated/received certificates of: USA:R
I was absolutely terror-stricken when I discovered four extra guests were coming to dinner. Two of my guests were terror-stricken when they realized I was serving sheeps' eyeballs as an entree. We were all terror-stricken when the house began to shake violently owing to an earthquake.
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