Need now define the word “personification.” provide an example from one of the following poems: “the courage my mother had” by edna st. vincent millay “caged bird” by maya angelou “the bells” by edgar allan poe

Your answer would be, Personification, is a figure of speech, in which an object, or an animal, is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes. 

Example: "I know why the cage bird sings," By Maya Angelou. Caged Bird is a lyrical, uses two different types of birds, to represents two kinds of people in society. The free bird doesn't have a care in the world, and the caged bird longing to be free. Some poetic devices/literary elements used in Caged Bird by Maya Angelou are end rhyme, alliteration, and personification. In lines 23 and 24 of the poem there is end rhyme with the words "breeze" and "trees". An example of alliteration would be in line 10 "can seldom see through." The repetition of the "s" sounds at the beginning of seldom and see is what causes this to be alliteration. Lastly, an example of personification is in line 28 where it says "his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream." This is an example of personification because shadows do not have the human ability
 to shout. 

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