Personification by

Definition:

marybellebee — 2013-11-12 01:21:44 UTC

the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure

Origional Example

marybellebee — 2013-11-12 01:21:50 UTC

The ocean spoke to me

Sailing and saying to take a leap

From the old and into the new

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marybellebee — 2013-11-12 01:22:58 UTC

Work Cited

marybellebee — 2013-11-12 01:23:03 UTC

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/personification

http://www.personificationexamples.com/personification/pearl-button-swung-on-the-little-gate-in-front-of-/94/

marybellebee — 2013-11-12 01:31:06 UTC

Example #1

marybellebee — 2013-11-12 01:31:38 UTC

As dusk fell, darkness gathered inside the wagon.

- Elie Wiesel (Book: Night)

Example #2

marybellebee — 2013-11-12 01:31:43 UTC

Pearl Button swung on the little gate in front of the House of Boxes. It was the early afternoon of a sunshiny day with little winds playing hide-and-seek in it.

- Katherine Mansfield (Book: How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped)

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marybellebee — 2013-11-13 00:25:34 UTC