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.

My Uncle Had an Ant Farm by Kenn Nesbitt
My Uncle Had an Ant Farm
Frog Ball
We're Skydiving Elephants by Kenn Nesbitt
We’re Skydiving Elephants
Toby the Snowboarding Doberman
Has Anyone Seen My Chameleon?
Abrocat the Acrobat
The Ugly, Ugly Duckling
I Bought a New Tank For My Goldfish
A Talkative Man from Seattle by Kenn Nesbitt
A Talkative Man from Seattle

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