FROM BEING A THING TO

BEING A PERSONN
Densonification: Personification is a figure of speechh
inwhich human characteristics are given to non-human
+hinas. When a table, a book, a cat, a plant or an
emotion like anger are given human bodies, feelinas.
habits or thoughts, they are said to be "personified"
This means that they are made to look like people.
The poet treats them as if they are people and they
behave like human beings. The effect of this can be
funny and interesting.

November Song
By
Vernon Scannel

The evening had caught cold;

Its eyes were blurred.
It had a dripping nose
And its tongue was furred.

This poem November Song' has personified something

very unusual when it describes a winter evening as a
person who has caught a cold.

Task:
Make your own personifications. The first three have
been done for you.
shed
The wind sang her mournful song and the tree
leaves as tears.
 beat of its own drum.
"ums on
the
danced to
2. The rain
the red rooftops.

nodded their yellow heads in hon

happy
daffodils
3. The
greeting.

4. The storm.

5. The water

6. The sun

7. The creepers

8. Caves
9. The engine

10.The crows

..Shh.|

OTE MA 110
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