poetic device: Anthropomorphism & Personification

Anthropomorphism is when animals or objects behave like people, such as a cat who learns karate, or a dog who can talk or play piano.

Personification is similar, but is when animals or objects have seemingly human characteristics, such as a tree waving it’s “arms” in the breeze.

These poems all have anthropomorphic characters or some degree of personification.

Computer Cat
My Dog Likes to Disco by Kenn Nesbitt
My Dog Likes to Disco
Our Holiday Shopping by Kenn Nesbitt
Our Holiday Shopping
Snow's Nose by Kenn Nesbitt
Snow’s Nose
My Cat Knows Karate by Kenn Nesbitt
My Cat Knows Karate
A Festival for Frogs by Kenn Nesbitt
A Festival for Frogs
My Sloth Is Supersonic
Good Morning Mrs. Hamster by Kenn Nesbitt
Good Morning, Mrs. Hamster
My Dog Does My Homework
AstroCow by Kenn Nesbitt
AstroCow
Tiny Todd the Turtle by Kenn Nesbitt
Tiny Todd the Turtle
My Kitten Is a Ninja by Kenn Nesbitt
My Kitten Is a Ninja
It's a Drag to Be a Dragon by Kenn Nesbitt
It’s a Drag to Be a Dragon
Have You Ever Been to England by Kenn Nesbitt
Have You Ever Been to England?
A Fishy List by Kenn Nesbitt
A Fishy List
An Ogre Came Over for Dinner by Kenn Nesbitt
An Ogre Came over for Dinner
Unsteady Teddy by Kenn Nesbitt
Unsteady Teddy
When Puppies Play Baseball by Kenn Nesbitt
When Puppies Play Baseball
Thank You, Thanksgiving by Kenn Nesbitt
Thank You, Thanksgiving
The Sofa Ate My Father by Kenn Nesbitt
The Sofa Ate My Father
Today I Met an Octopus by Kenn Nesbitt
Today I Met an Octopus
Our Brand-New TV by Kenn Nesbitt
Our Brand-New TV
Goldfish Moving Day by Kenn Nesbitt
Goldfish Moving Day
My Brother Was Brought by a Bunny

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