This is done through a use of linguistic techniques or figurative language, including personification, auditory imagery, rhetorical questions, metaphors, similes and more. ... The author concentrates on giving autumn a personal and unique touch to allow readers to be able to see all the wonders of autumn. Autumn is frequently described as dark, callous and often conveying death; here, the writer praises autumn, showing its splendour and elegance to all. ... The technique used here is personification; autumn is given a human quality of conspiring/scheming. ... This personification of autumn,...

• Word Count: 1272
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

"The red branch of the slow autumn at my window" (5-6), shows that his love prevails through change. Autumn is known to symbolize not only change, but harvest as well. ... The poet uses personification in the last stanza, and he goes back to setting a romantic tone. ... He uses personification in line 46, "my love feeds on your love, beloved"." ...

• Word Count: 855
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

At the end of this stanza "The cry of the peacocks seems to mark, and to be [a] part of, the whole process of [total destruction] exampled by the fire, autumn, [and the] impending darkness" (Sukenick, p. 8). ... Along with the use of repetition Stevens also uses personification and similes. ...

• Word Count: 619
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Walking down 10th street, I was surrounded by small townhouses that all looked pretty much the same; the whirling, chilly breeze of autumn tingled at my bare neck and causing shivers down my spine. ... Furthermore, Ms Umansky came off as a steadfast and strong woman; she kept her poems short and simple, using literary devices such as personification and metaphors to keep her audience captivated. ...

• Word Count: 601
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Set in Autumn, Shelley observes the changing of the weather and its effects on the internal and external environment. ... The stanzas are made up of interlinking three-line units with the rhyme scheme ababcbcdc, continuing this to the end of the stanza: O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being, (a) Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead (b) Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing, (a) Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red, (b) Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O thou, (c) Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed (b) The winged seeds, where they l...

• Word Count: 1748
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Summer gave us sweets, but autumn wrought division? ... Hardy uses the literary techniques of aporia, kennings, hendiadys, personification, and alliteration in "After a Journey-. ... Next, the term of personification is used when the speaker says "But all's closed now, despite Time's derision."" ... These are both examples of personification because personification is an attribution of personality to an impersonal thing, and neither time nor caves are human, and yet they are spoken about as if they are. ...

• Word Count: 2972
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School