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How to Write a Personification Poem
Edited by Souphead, Noveen Nauman, rajkashok, Hailey Girges and 2 others
Personification is giving human qualities (thoughts, emotions, actions, etc.) to inanimate objects (they could also be a plant, emotion, thought, or animal). If you write about painting a mural of a human, then that is not personification because while it looks human, you never said it could DO anything human. Personification is often used in poetry and usually evokes more imagination then another type of poem.
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1Think of the subject or theme of your poem. More than one non-human can have human qualities at a time. Try making the theme non-human related so you have more things to personify. If you do decide to add a human, choose their point of view.Ad
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2Decide if you will add a human or something capable of setting off a chain reaction (the second I placed my foot on the floor, it decided it had other places to go).
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3Choose a rhyme scheme. It could be blank verse(no rhyming), free verse (rhyme whenever you want), AA BB (Every two lines rhyme), or whatever schemes you can think of.
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4Try writing a normal poem first, then go back and insert personification. Example: I carefully write my poem-My pencil wearing down to a nub-Days pass by-Until I then realize-That it was all but a dream. With added personification:The paper weaves a poem-Trusty pencil gravely wounded-Time couldn't wait to win the race-Realization finally nudged me-That it was all but a dream. Recognize everyday expressions that happen to be personification (Time flies by).Ad
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- Don't over-think it.
- Convert your poem into a song if you get bored with it.
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