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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 The Gilded Six Bits
Personification
Explanation and Analysis—The Sun:
The day after Joe discovers Missie May cheating on him with Slemmons, there is a lot of tension and grief between the married couple. In this charged moment, Hurston decides to include a poetic description of the sun, personifying it in the process:
The sun, the hero of every day, the impersonal old man that beams as brightly on death as on birth, came up every morning and raced across the blue dome and dipped into the sea of fire every evening. Water ran down hill and birds nested.
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