…sings and gives courage to the spirit of a person. Personification: When an inanimate object is given human characteristics or qualities, it is personified. In the first stanza, Dickenson considers…
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The Road Not Taken
…a yellow wood” and /t/ sound in “though as far as the passing there.” Personification: Robert Frost personified the road in the third line of the second stanza. Here, it…
A Route of Evanescence
…comparison is made between objects that are different in nature. The poet implies Evanescence as a metaphor for the hummingbird. Personification: It means to attribute human qualities and emotions to…
The House Was Quiet and The World Was Calm
…way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words. This poem shows the irony that truth is calm, as if it is a personification or…
Renascence
…as Infinity, Eternity, Earth, Sun, and even soul. Personification: It is the attribution of human emotions or traits to other things, such as the poet mentioning the world standing out,…
Sonnet 111
…different in nature. The poet used the metaphor of Fortune, presenting it as a living being but a guilty goddess. Personification: It means to attribute human emotions and passions to…
To a Waterfowl
…or abyss as something that could swallow huge things. Personification: It is a device that shows the use of human attributes to some inanimate objects or ideas, such as the…
Sonnet 86
…of womb.” Personification: It is a figure of speech in which human emotions are attributed to abstract ideas. Shakespeare has personified verses that cause astonishment. Rhetorical Question: It means to…
After the Winter
…between objects that are different in nature. The poet used different metaphors, such as the hills are quiet, rills are laughing, and bees are working like workers. Personification: It means…
A Far Cry from Africa
…Personification: It means to use human attributes for inanimate things or ideas. The poet personified necessity saying that it wipes its hands on the napkin. Rhetorical Questions: It means to…
A Refusal to Mourn the Death by Fire of a Child in London
…sound The grains beyond age Personification: It means the attribution of human traits to inanimate objects and ideas, such as “unmourning water” or “riding Thames” or shadow of sound.” Symbolism:…
A Drop Fell on the Apple Tree
…objects different in nature. The poet used different metaphors, such as the drops kissing the eves, making the gables laugh, and helping the brook. Personification: It means to attribute human…
Kindness
…a friend. Personifications: It means to attribute human traits to inanimate objects and ideas. The poem shows the use of personification of voice that has the power to catch the…
Apologia
…and ideas. The poem shows the use of personifications, such as the sun and the forest, as both have human attributes. Another personification is sorrow posed as a digger of…
my father moved through dooms of love
…My father moved through griefs of joy iii. My father moved through dooms of feel Personification: It means to attribute human passions and emotions to inanimate objects. The poem shows…
Prairie Spring
…This poem shows the use of parallelism, such as “The toiling horses, the third men.” Both clauses comprise an equal number of words, showing parallelism. Personification: It means to attribute…
Philippians 4:7
…and protection, also known as 3 Ps. Personification – The word ‘guard’ in Philippians 4:7 is personified as if God’s peace is actively protecting and watching over the hearts and…
Mi Abuelo
…sometimes, and see a” and “ripple-topped stream in its best suit, in the ground.” Personification: The poem shows the use of personifications of a pipe as if it has life…
anyone lived in a pretty how town
…poem. Personification: It means giving human qualities to non-human entities or abstract concepts. For example, “she laughed his joy she cried his grief” (line 14) shows the personifications of joy…
The River God
…between the objects that are different. The poem used the metaphor of the river to show how nature could be loving as well as destructive. Personification: The poet used the…
