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.

The School Year Is Over by Kenn Nesbitt
The School Year Is Over
I Taught My Cat to Clean My Room
My Hamster Has a Skateboard
A Centaur Goes Out Shopping
Toucan Can-Can by Kenn Nesbitt
Toucan Can-Can
A Feast for a Frog
I Am a Cow
My Puppy Plays Piano
The Tale of the Sun and the Moon
Gerbil, Gerbil, On the Run
The Tighty-Whitey Spider
I Bought Our Cat a Jetpack
My Sheep Is Being Sheepish
The Pretzel, the Pig, and the Baby Baboon
My Frog Was in an Accident by Kenn Nesbitt
My Frog Was in an Accident
My Kitten Won’t Stop Talking
From the Ants in Our Petnuia Bed
My Pig Won’t Let Me Watch TV
My Dog Likes to Disco
My Dog Is Not the Smartest Dog
My Cat Goes Flying Through the Air
My Bunny Lies over My Doggy
I Have to Write a Poem
Whenever Yaks Play Basketball

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