Poetic Device #12!

PERSONFICATIONPersonification is giving human

qualities, feelings, actions or characteristics to inanimate (non-living) objects.

Personification: An exampleThe windows winked as I

walked down the street Wink = Human action

+ Window = Inanimate

Object.=

PERSONIFICATION!

Personification: An exampleThose shoes are

speaking to me...

Personification: An exampleMY COMPUTER

HATES ME!!!

Personification

Why might personification

be used in poetry?

Personification in PoetryThe Wind

I hear the wind talking to mewhispering in my earPlaying with my hairI'm running its behind me cheering me onThen it pulls me back to play It's angry chasing me Blowing hardNow it took my paper to see what I wrote

It's humming a tuneThen rips a tree out of the groundIt's angry againI'm running for my life I'm at home on my bedIt makes a stormBlowing trees against my windowYelling at me telling me to come outsideI refuseIt stopsIt's gone   

Activity!With your buddy, you have five minutes

to come up with some quality personification! (Take turns writing!)

kneeljumpskipjogsprintcoughwinkblinknodbendwaveflauntsneezeamblethreatenact

fightscratchamblethreatenactfightscratchwigglewrigglegrindlie shake dance nudgewalk  run

point punch dancetiptoeknockwalkhowlflyglaresingwhisperweep devourclapprotestcreep

sadhappyhopefuldoubtingempathetichungryparanoidpityconfusedangryhomesickguiltyfrustratedembarrassedashamedregretful

stressedworriesapprehensivedistresseduneasyalarmedfrightenedpanickedshockedenthusiasticcaringobsessedgloomymiserablealienatedhumiliated

Personification: use it in your poetry!