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
My Cat Knows Karate by Kenn Nesbitt
My Cat Knows Karate
My Sloth Is Supersonic
Our Holiday Shopping by Kenn Nesbitt
Our Holiday Shopping
AstroCow by Kenn Nesbitt
AstroCow
Good Morning Mrs. Hamster by Kenn Nesbitt
Good Morning, Mrs. Hamster
A Festival for Frogs by Kenn Nesbitt
A Festival for Frogs
My Dog Does My Homework
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
Unsteady Teddy by Kenn Nesbitt
Unsteady Teddy
A Fishy List by Kenn Nesbitt
A Fishy List
An Ogre Came Over for Dinner by Kenn Nesbitt
An Ogre Came over for Dinner
The Sofa Ate My Father by Kenn Nesbitt
The Sofa Ate My Father
Thank You, Thanksgiving by Kenn Nesbitt
Thank You, Thanksgiving
When Puppies Play Baseball by Kenn Nesbitt
When Puppies Play Baseball
It's Thanksgiving Night by Kenn Nesbitt
It’s Thanksgiving Night
My Brother Was Brought by a Bunny
My iPhone Did My Homework
My Dog Lives On the Sofa
It’s Lonely as a Boa
My Kitten Had an Accident

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