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.

When Rattlesnakes Wear Roller Skates
If You Give a Mouse a Motorcycle
The Dancing Baboon of Djibouti
Don’t Ever Ask a Centipede
An Ordinary Day
On Top of Mount Everest
Polar Bowling
While Lying On the Grass Today
Just a Slug
My Kiwi Is the Captain
When Otto Got a Hot Dog by Kenn Nesbitt
When Otto Got a Hot Dog
At Hamster Sam’s Rodeo
A Penguin's Toes by Kenn Nesbitt
A Penguin’s Toes
My Parrot Doesn’t Care to Fly
Frog Ball
We're Skydiving Elephants by Kenn Nesbitt
We’re Skydiving Elephants
Toby the Snowboarding Doberman
My Uncle Had an Ant Farm by Kenn Nesbitt
My Uncle Had an Ant Farm
Abrocat the Acrobat
The Ugly, Ugly Duckling
Has Anyone Seen My Chameleon?
I Bought a New Tank For My Goldfish
A Talkative Man from Seattle by Kenn Nesbitt
A Talkative Man from Seattle