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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
Key Examples in Mrs Dalloway
Section 7
Explanation and Analysis—The Clocks:
This description of the clocks on Harley Street emphasizes the feeling in the novel that time is constantly trudging on, almost terrorizing its characters while also strangely bringing everyone together, since everybody experiences the effects of time, even if their lives don’t overlap at all:
Shredding and slicing, dividing and subdividing, the clocks of Harley Street nibbled at the June day, counselled submission, upheld authority, and pointed out in chorus the supreme advantages of a sense of proportion, until the mound of time was so far diminished that a commercial clock, suspended above a shop in Oxford Street, announced, genially and fraternally, [...] that it was half-past one.
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