…not literally applicable. This whole extract is an extended metaphor for kissing a pilgrim. Personification: It is the attribution of human characteristics or qualities to non-human entities. Shakespeare uses a…
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No Loser, No Weeper
…to their possessions; they fail to bear their loss. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. The poet has personified watch in the ending stanza of the…
Night Mail
…senses. For example, “This is the night mail crossing the Border”, “Birds turn their heads as she approaches” and “Snorting noisily as she passes”. Personification: Personification is to give human…
On His Blindness
…obedience throughout the poem, such as: To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects….
Once the World Was Perfect
…is made between the objects that are different. The poem shows the use of metaphors such as destruction, restoration, and kindness. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate…
Stolen Rivers
…Africa as having a chained past. Personification: The poet has shown the use of Africa, showing it as a personification as if it has life and emotions of its own….
Sir Patrick Spens
…the moon for different purposes. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. The poet personified the moon, the sea, and the wind as if they were life…
The Shepherd and His Flock
…where the speaker compares the sun with scissors. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. The poet has personified sun in the poem such as “The sun…
Wild Bees
…is “maimed bees groaning” where a groan is a specific sound of lugubrious feelings. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. The poet personified bees in the…
Rule Britannia
…Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. The poet personified Britain as having life and emotions of its own. Symbolism: Symbolism is using symbols to signify ideas…
The Pigeons
…objects that are different. The poem shows the use of metaphors such as staccato, busybodies, and dimples. Personification: The poet shows personification by the use of summer, dimples, and wind…
Reluctance
…the hills of view”, “And the dead leaves lie huddled and still” and “And let them go scraping and creeping”. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects….
Written by Himself
…birth as an extended metaphor in the poem to show how every man encounters different birth experiences. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. The poet personified…
September 1, 1939
…culture as metaphors. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. The poet has personified waves, fear, and culture showing them as having life and emotions of their…
Come In
…scary place. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. The poet personifies the sunlight in the third stanza of the poem such as; “The last of the…
See It Through
…will not lead to a solution. Personification: Personification is to give human qualities to inanimate objects. For example, the ‘troubles’ are personified in the opening lines of the poem. “When…
Ah! Sun-flower
…a person according to his/her desire. Personification: It means to attribute human emotions to inanimate objects. The poet used the personification of the sunflower that has a desire like a…
To The Nile
…the metaphor birth and sibling for the river Nile. Personification: It means to attribute human emotions to inanimate objects. The poet used the personification of the river as a beguiling…
Design
…the spider and the moth as assorted characters as if they are human beings. Personification: It means to attribute human emotions to inanimate objects. The poet used the personification of…
The Echoing Green
…implied comparison is made between objects different in nature. The poet used the metaphor of old John showing the old people of the village of the place. Personification: It means…
