| Examples Help! What is the definition of Personification? How do you define Personification? What is a Personification? The word derives from the Latin words 'persona' meaning person, and 'facere' meaning to make. The definition of Personification is as follows: |
| English Grammar & Terminology Definition of Personification - a poetic device | Definition: The endowment of inanimate objects or abstract concepts with animate or living qualities. A figure of speech in which ideas are represented as as a person or creature and attributed with personality and human characteristics. Examples: "Time let me play / and be golden in the mercy of his means" | | Definition of Personification - a poetic device |
Figure of Speech Examples Personification in Poems & Poetry Personification is the treating of an inanimate object as if it were animate and is probably the most beautiful and effective of all the figures of speech. Personification depends much on a vivid imagination and is adapted especially to poetical composition. It has two distinguishable forms: - when personality is ascribed to the inanimate as in "The mountains sing together, the hills rejoice and clap their hands."
- when some quality of life is attributed to the inanimate; as, a raging storm; an angry sea; a whistling wind, etc.
Examples of Personification in Poems & Poetry Poems with Personification examples can be found by the most famous poets including John Milton and Robert Frost - "Confusion heards his voice.'' from Paradise Lost - Book 3 by John Milton
- Another example of personification from Paradise Lost by John Milton
"Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat,
Sighing, through all her works, gave signs of woe." - Spring Pools by Robert Frost
"And like the flowers beside them chill and shiver,
Will like the flowers beside them soon be gone"
Examples of Personification Poems Examples Help! Use of Personification in Poems & Poetry Examples of Personification can be found in many examples of the poem, poems or poetry. Famous poets use this figure of speech to convey and emphasize unusual and vivid images. The use of strong word association changes the mode of thought and adds variation, embellishment and adornment to literary works.
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Examples Help - Figures of Speech - Personification In Figurative Language we use words in such a way that they differ somewhat from ordinary every-day speech and convey meanings in a more vivid and impressive manner. Figures, like Personification make speech more effective, they beautify and emphasize it in Rhetoric which is the art of speaking and writing effectively. Figures of speech such as Personification use word association to convey emotion and mood often in a non-literal sense. | |
Examples Help! Using Personification Figures of speech such as Personification adds adornment, beautifies, colors, elegant variation, embellishment, embroidery, emphasis, exaggeration, exclamation, flourish, floweriness, irony, lushness and luxuriance to the English language. This page providing facts and info about Figures of Speech will help with the understanding of this subject. | |
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