Hope Leslie
by Catharine Sedgwick

Hope Leslie: Personification 1 key example

Definition of Personification

Personification is a type of figurative language in which non-human things are described as having human attributes, as in the sentence, "The rain poured down on the wedding guests, indifferent... read full definition
Personification is a type of figurative language in which non-human things are described as having human attributes, as in the sentence, "The rain poured down... read full definition
Personification is a type of figurative language in which non-human things are described as having human attributes, as in the... read full definition
Volume 1, Chapter 12
Explanation and Analysis—Spinners and Weavers:

In Volume 1, Chapter 12, the narrator uses a metaphor comparing the narrative to a thread that is spinning into the fabric that makes up Hope's "destiny." She also uses personification to flesh out the metaphor:

After having favoured our readers with this long skipping-place, we resume the thread of our narrative. We have passed over eight days, which glided away without supplying any events to the historian of our heroine’s life; though even then the thread was spinning that was to form the woof of her destiny.