A figurative use of language which attributes human qualities to ideas or things. For example the morning and the sun in the
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyamby Edward Fitzgerald:
Awake, for Morning in the bowl of night Has flung the stone that sets the stars to flight And Lo! The warrior of the east has caught The Sultan's turret in a noose of light!
Awake, for Morning in the bowl of night Has flung the stone that sets the stars to flight And Lo! The warrior of the east has caught The Sultan's turret in a noose of light!
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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Personification". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2001 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=854, accessed 25 April 2024.]