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In Poetry Personification is a type of figurative language. It is when a writer makes an animal or object seem like it is human.

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2 In Poetry

3 Personification is a type of figurative language. It is when a writer makes an animal or object seem like it is human.

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5  When the boy blew his nose, the tissue shook with fear.  The strong tissue grabbed the germs and held them tightly.

6 Two Sunflowers Move in the Yellow Room "Ah, William, we're weary of weather," said the sunflowers, shining with dew. "Our traveling habits have tired us. Can you give us a room with a view?" They arranged themselves at the window and counted the steps of the sun, and they both took root in the carpet where the topaz tortoises run. William Blake (1757-1827) William Blake

7 The Train I like to see it lap the miles, And lick the valleys up, And stop to feed itself at tanks; And then, prodigious, step Around a pile of mountains, And, supercilious, peer In shanties by the sides of roads; And then a quarry pare To fit its sides, and crawl between, Complaining all the while In horrid, hooting stanza; Then chase itself down hill And neigh like Boanerges; Then, punctual as a start its own, Stop-docile and omnipotent- A stable door. By Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson

8 The Cat & The Fiddle Hey diddle, Diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon. By Mother GooseMother Goose

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