Personification , or prosopopoeia , is a literary figure that confers human traits, characteristics, or actions on animals or inanimate objects. For example: Her heart leaped for joy at the sight of him.
Personification is also often used to refer to abstract concepts , such as love, friendship , death, and others. This resource is also widely used in poetry and lyric poetry , as well as in narrative literary genres , such as legends , fantasy tales, and fairy tales.
Children’s literature also often makes use of personification; for example, in fables , the protagonists are usually animals or inanimate objects that speak and act like human beings.
- See also: Humanization
Examples of personification
- Love knocked on her door when she least expected it and changed her life almost completely.
- The mist embraced her as soon as she entered the sea. Within minutes, death had taken her.
- The enchanted castle raised its foundations and began to walk.
- With his eyes, his dog reproached him for having left him alone all weekend.
- Death was stalking her, but she cleverly managed to escape it, until she finally found it.
- The sun took charge of protecting her by giving her warmth with its rays until she reached a shelter.
- The fox wanted to make fun of the hare, but she was smarter.
- The moon smiled at her and that made her feel even happier.
- The television made his life miserable, turning off every time his team was about to score a goal.
- The puppies became sad when the young man took one of them home.
- The nation bleeds from the wounds caused by war.
- Nature is wise; otherwise, such beauty and perfection would be impossible to exist.
- The protective star followed him throughout the walk, which lasted for hours.
- The kittens were delighted when their owner brought them the bowl of milk. They quickly petted him as a gesture of gratitude.
- The elephant decided to go out in search of adventure.
- By far, the dog is the most loyal pet of all. Cats are much more treacherous.
- The big bad wolf tricked the girl and arrived first at her grandmother’s house.
- The dominant mountain demanded the respect of all who passed by.
- The mischievous monkeys stole his wallet while he was taking a photo.
- The oldest and wisest tree in the forest took the floor and gave a speech that no one present would forget.
- The angry wind blew away all the huts that had been built in the place.
- The sun was slowly awakening between the mountains that protected it.
- Time is a tyrant.
- The car squealed every time its owner used it. Clearly, she didn’t like the way she drove.
- The little bird sang her a serenade when she looked out of her bedroom window.
- His loneliness followed him everywhere, it had become his faithful companion.
- When he landed in that raging city, he realized that he truly missed home.
- The nest protected the chicks from the raging storm, which devastated everything around them.
- The sky began to cry its sad and gray lament.
- The stork took the guitar and began to sing in front of the other birds.
