Personification is when you give an object or animal human behaviors. An example of personification would be in the nursery rhyme “Hey Diddle Diddle,” where “the little dog laughed to see such fun.”

Personification means that non-human objects, ideas or animals are given human characteristics, actions or emotions in writing. For example: The candle danced in the wind. (candle is an object; dancing is a human action)

Personification gives human traits and qualities, such as emotions, desires, sensations, gestures and speech, often by way of a metaphor. Personification is much used in visual arts. Examples in writing are “the leaves waved in the wind”, “the ocean heaved a sigh” or “the Sun smiled at us”.

Personification is used throughout literature, movies, and everyday vernacular. Some examples of it are phrases: “The sun smiled down on us.” ‘The story jumped off the page.” “The light danced on the surface of the water.” Maybe you’ve heard the phrase, “The wind howled in the night.”

The vintage chair groaned under the weight of the big dog. In this given sentence, the vintage chair is personified, because chairs cannot groan and only human beings can. 2. The puppy danced with joy when it was finally given to its new owner. In the above sentence, the puppy is personified as it is provided with the ability to dance like a human.

Examples of Paradigmatic in a sentence. If you want to see a paradigmatic icon of music, you should attend Sir Elton’s concert. 🔊. The poet’s work is paradigmatic of the era and reflects the gloominess of the depression. 🔊.

Though Whitman’s quote is a metaphor, it’s not personification. Personification is a more specific type of metaphor in which something that is not human is given human traits. Whitman’s quote compares flesh, something human, to a poem, something inhuman, meaning it’s not personification.