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PERSONIFICATION

Truth to Teach (Source)

 Personification is where a writer describes something using words normally
used to describe a person.

 Personification is often used in poetry.

Way to Work (Means)

1. Review the previous lesson.

2. Read poems using personification e.g. ‘Laughing Song’ by William Blake (3 verses)

Verse 1 When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy,
And the dimpling streams run laughing by;
When the air does laugh with our merry wit,

And the green hill laughs with the noise of it.

Another poem is ‘Two Sunflowers move in the Yellow Room’ by William Blake.

"Ah, William, we're weary of weather,"
said the sunflowers, shining with dew.
"Our travelling habits have tired us.

Can you give us a room with a view?"

They arranged themselves at the window
and counted the steps of the sun,
and they both took root in the carpet
where the topaz tortoises run.

Another poem is ‘Wind and the Leaves’ by an unknown author.

Verse 1 ‘Come, little leaves’ said the wind one day,
‘Come o’er the meadows with me, and play;
Put on your dresses of red and gold;
Summer is gone, and the days grow cold.’

The nursery rhyme ‘Hey Diddle-Diddle’ is another example of personification.
Poems about trains and other vehicles are also written using personification.

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