Which of the following sentences contains personification? My brakes screamed as the car came to a stop.
The heat from the sun melted my skin as I walked home.
The rain was as soft as cotton as it fell on my face.

The first sentence.

Explanation:

Personification is giving human traits or characteristics to non-human things.

Brakes can't scream.

(you didn't attach a copy of the poem, but i'm answering as best as i can)

since a simile compares two unlike things using like or as, it kind of gives an item the ability to do something it can't.

example: "the player was like a tiger on the field"

in this sentence, the simile conveys the idea that the player was fast and strong, like a tiger.