Personification

Personification

When we speak of inanimate objects or abstract ideas as if they were living persons, we are using personification.

Examples :

"Ah, Fear ! ah, frantic Fear !

I see—I see thee near.

I know thy hurried step, thy haggard eye. "

"For winter came : the wind was his whip. "

"Echo answered in her From hollow fields. "

"Twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad. "

"Sport that wrinkled care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. "

"The stars, with deep amaze, Stand fixed in steadfast gaze. "