…“I count the holes they leave”. Personification: The poem shows the use of personifications of ground, music, and stars as if they have life and emotions of their own. Symbolism:…
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Hanging Fire
…they leave behind a comforting childhood and enter the most challenging phase of their lives. Analysis of Literary Devices Used in Hanging Fire Literary devices such as similes, personification, and…
The Place’s Fault
…to the sunlight, exhausted from the heat” and “And that anger started to build up”. Personification: The poem shows the use of place as if it is an animate object…
Laura
…to a lady, Procne to a woman, and Philomela to a mourning woman. Personification: The poet personified Zephyr, meadows, and spring as if they have life and emotions of their…
Nameless Pain
…that one thing is another. For example, “With milk from Nature’s rugged breast” (line 17) shows the speaker metaphorically describing Nature’s resources as nourishment. Personification: It is the attribution of…
Children in Wartime
…compared to a bomb, and glass compared to a dragon or some other giant. Personification: The poem shows the use of personifications such as glass and thunder as having life…
The Soul Has Bandaged Moments
…absence of spoken expression. Personification: It means assigning human qualities or attributes to non-human entities. For example, “The Horror welcomes her, again” (line 23) shows that the Horror is being…
A River
…image. Personification: It gives human characteristics to inanimate objects or abstract ideas. For example, line 36 “the river has water enough to be poetic” (line 36) shows the river as…
Diving Into the Wreck
…the wreck to something “more permanent than fish or weed,” suggesting its enduring presence amidst the changing elements. Personification: It is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human entities. For…
The Lotos-Eaters
…of trees or bushes) to a woven fabric. Personification: It is the attribution of human qualities to non-human entities. For example, the poem has mentioned the sun charmed in line…
The Hollow Men
…beings. Personification: This literary device shows human characteristics to non-human objects or concepts. For example, “Voices are / In the wind’s singing” show the poet personifying the voices in the…
Sunday Morning
…or “as.” For example, “Death is the mother of beauty” shows death metaphorically compared to a mother, suggesting that beauty arises from the cycle of life and death. Personification: It…
I Sing the Body Electric
…metaphors. Personification: It means giving human qualities to non-human entities. In the poem, Whitman personifies the body such as in the first verse it is “I sing the body electric”…
S. I. W.
…“Curtained with fire, roofed in with creeping fire” shows this comparison of the trench wall to a curtain and roof made of fire, emphasizing the constant danger and destruction. Personification:…
Bread
…between the objects that are different. The poet has used an extended metaphor of a white dream compared to a wrestler. Personification: The poet has personified dreams, fingers, and heat…
Bullocky
…made between the objects that are different. The poem shows the use of cattle herding as a metaphor for doing a sacred job. Personification: The poem shows several things personified,…
Psalm 144:4
…days are as a shadow that passeth away’. The entire verse is also an extended metaphor for ‘death’. Personification – Here, the ‘shadow’ is personified as if the shadow can…
Lammas Hireling
…rose like Lammas Hireling.” Personification: The poem shows the use of personifications such as wisdom and muckle, as both have been shown as having life and emotions of their own….
Christmas 1970
…and a timepiece to a stubborn fact. Personification: The poet has personified the timepiece as if it has its own emotions and life. Symbolism: Symbolism is using symbols to signify…
Clark Street Bridge
…Personification: The poem shows hearts and dollars as if they have life and emotions of their own. They are personifications. Imagery: Imagery is used to make readers perceive things involving…
