…readers perceive things involving their five senses. For example, “Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May” and “But thy eternal summer shall not fade.” Personification: Personification is to…
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Drought
…an implied comparison is made between the objects that are different. The poem uses natural disasters as an extended metaphor to show how they disturb the harmony of life. Personification:…
Wind and Window Flower
…throughout the poem. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. The poet has personified a window flower and winter breeze to narrate a story about unrequited love….
The Heaven of Animals
…the limbs of trees.” Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to non-human things. The poet has personified animals throughout the poem. For example, “They tremble, they walk Under the…
Daddy Fell into the Pond
…grey”, “He’s crawling out of the duckweed!” Click!” and “And it sounded as if the old drake laughed.” Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. The poet…
I’M NOBODY! WHO ARE YOU?
…to be known. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. The poet has personified bog in the last line of the poem, such as; “To an admiring…
The Convergence of the Twain
…Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. The poet has a personified sea in the third line of the poem such as; “And the Pride of Life…
Alone in the Woods
…between the objects that are different in nature. The poet has used hatred as an extended metaphor just to show how it corrodes the fabric of society. Personification: Personification is…
Aubade
…no sun”, “That vast moth-eaten musical brocade” and “Meanwhile telephones crouch, getting ready to ring.” Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to non-human things. For example, “The mind blanks…
Daddy
…and most men, in general with, ‘Black shoe’; ‘Ghastly statue’; ‘Panzer- man’ and ‘Vampire’. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. The poet describes her father as…
Sonnet 29
…in these thoughts myself almost despising”. Personification: Personification is to attribute human characteristics to non-human or lifeless objects. For example, “From sullen earth sings hymns at heaven’s gate.” Here, Shakespeare…
Out, Out—
…as the sound of /s/ in “Sweet-scented stuff when the breeze drew across it.” Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. For example, the saw, which is…
My Friend
…is not thy path, yet together we walk, hand in hand”. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. For example, ‘noontides’ in the sixth stanza is personified…
The Walrus and the Carpenter
…the literary devices used in this poem has been given below. Personification: Personification is giving human qualities to inanimate objects. For example, “The moon was shining sulkily, Because she thought…
Birches
…in the same line such as the sound of /l/ in “Soon the sun’s warmth makes them shed crystal shells”. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects….
The Wreck of the Hesperus
…to exaggerate a statement for the sake of emphasis. For example, the poet has used hyperbole in the second line of the ninth stanza, ‘Against the stinging blast’. Personification: Personification…
Bright Star, Would I Were Stedfast as Thou Art
…example, “Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art.” Here the poem is attempting to compare himself with the star. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate…
The Highwayman
…throughout the poem. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. For example, “There was death at every window”. Here ‘death’ is personified. Onomatopoeia: It refers to the…
To an Athlete Dying Young
…literary devices used in this poem has been given below. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. For example, “Eyes the shady night has shut”. Here, the…
The Arrow and the Song
…and qualities to them symbolic meanings different from the literal meanings. ‘Arrow’ symbolizes rude/offensive words and ‘song’ is a symbol of kindness and pacifying words. Personification: Personification is to give…
