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Personification is a form of poem in which human characteristics are attributed to nonhuman things, but there is more to personification. What is personification in poetry (complete definition)?

The Heart
A forge within the ribcage tight, The heart, a furnace, burning bright. It fans the flames of fierce desire, A flicker's spark, a soul on fire. Love's embers glow, a gentle heat, That warms the core, a solace sweet. But passion's...Read the rest...
Categories: heart,
Form: Personification



Premium Member Meet The Sea
Meet The Sea I am inherently patient, I just go with the flow. I have many dark secrets, No one will ever know. Sometimes I can be shallow, Sometimes I'm dark and deep. When you look closely at me Your face is...Read the rest...
Categories: identity, nature, sea,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Sam And Susan
Finishing his last sip of tea, Sam said to Susan, "I don't think that they were expecting us, But I can't believe they left the windows down. Busy with the sweetest tea she ever had, Susan did not respond....Read the rest...
Categories: animal, food,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Fire
Fire I may be a deity, I do not know, People talk around me But have never told me so. They gather all around me,like a holy worship ring,and stare into my depths..I am mesmerizing. My powers are...Read the rest...
Categories: fire, god, symbolism,
Form: Personification
Premium Member SOCK IT TO ME
Once we were a matching pair, some days we’d get downbeat as we both couldn't abide the stench of sweaty cheesy feet! Our male owner would pop us in the washing machine with warm soapy suds we’d soon...Read the rest...
Categories: clothes, humorous, missing,
Form: Personification



Premium Member Write
Quote By Poet "A pen must write because they love to write." My imagination and creativity, is spewing ink all over the desk. Here I sit waiting for the words to come, with words like a tornado whirling...Read the rest...
Categories: imagination, words, write, writing,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Lost Purple Sock
Hello, I am a purple sock who has lost my mate recently, we were beloved by our owner and she is real devastated ! She liked to wear us in her dance shoes and we liked...Read the rest...
Categories: fun,
Form: Personification
Premium Member The Odd Sock
Grandma knitted me and my brother, he is blue and I am pink. We fit snug in Sally's shoes, off to school or to play we go. Each week we get a warm bath, then go round and round...Read the rest...
Categories: brother, giggle, girl, grandmother,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Winter Sock's Lament
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It's rather dark and bleak in here and I think I've worked out why; We've nothing left to talk about - the conversation has run dry. We can be quite a jolly bunch full of rhymes and rhetoric But time ticks...Read the rest...
Categories: winter,
Form: Personification
Death by Clothing
I worry that my coat will murder me. Hanging on Banister’s Edge it’s a man lurking, dark. I’ve seen rows of killers shadowed and waiting, hidden in the ridges of the living room radiator, ready to pounce during a...Read the rest...
Categories: analogy,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Odd Sock
Strewn on a beach Threads exposed Elastic challenged by extremes But vibrant and undefeated For it was only Spring So far it had only ever known being wanted From the excitement of the designer To the machinery operator's efficiency Perfectly paired High...Read the rest...
Categories: anxiety,
Form: Personification
Premium Member She Vanished
Had she gone missing before I met and fell in love with her, Neither of us would have experienced any sense of loss. She would have remained beautiful in her own way, and I would have gone through...Read the rest...
Categories: relationship,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Blame
Hello. I think that you, like most people, have met me. My name is Irresponsibility, and I live up to my name. I will never forget "The Twinkies Defense" used by Dan White's attorneys in the double murders...Read the rest...
Categories: character, society,
Form: Personification
Premium Member I Am A Maple Tree Canada
In the evening coolness where the sprawling maple tree sighs, Admired in strength and beauty, my innovations, our world relies. My pairing seeds helicoptered, carried on Nature's tender wings, My everlasting presence dwells in the pleasure my life...Read the rest...
Categories: beauty, love, nature, tree,
Form: Personification
Premium Member brother buffaloes wait
brother buffaloes wait for us on the plain we give thanks to our father sky Apaches will eat well tonight the hunt begins...Read the rest...
Categories: animal,
Form: Personification

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