Who knows some personification poems?
Here are two poems. The first is the best example of personification, the second is a shorter and subtle example. Hope they are of some use to you. Suppose by E.E. Cummings suppose Life is an old man carrying flowers on his head. young death sits in a cafe smiling, a piece of money held between his thumb and first finger (i say “will he buy flowers” to you and “Death is young life wears velour trousers life totters, life has a beard” i say to you who are silent. – “Do you see Life? he is there and here, or that, or this or nothing or an old man 3 thirds asleep, on his head flowers, always crying to nobody something about les roses les bluets yes, will He buy? Les belles bottes – oh hear, pas cheres”) and my love slowly answered I think so. But I think I see someone else there is a lady, whose name is Afterwards she is sitting beside young death, is slender; likes flowers. No Wonder by Sophie Hannah This love looks set to grow extremely tall. I chart its weekly progress on the wall the
