i forgot
The flower is being personified. It is taking on human emotions.
The sad waters are being personified in this sentence. They are given human qualities by describing them as sad.
To me, what is being personified is a living Gremlin named "Horrifically Bad Prose".
Setting sun
Mountain
The sun is being personified as it is given human-like qualities of being able to "beat down" on the people walking through the desert.
Hours crawling is being personified.
In this sentence, the wind is being personified. Personification is the attribution of human characteristics to something non-human, in this case, the wind is described as having fingers and the ability to grip Sheila in a frigid manner.
Time crawled
Mambo
Dark and gloomy
The wind. The wind is given human features -- gripped and finger tips