the moon was shining sulkily
“that was very rude of him” she said
That line is from a poem by Lewis Carroll, called "The Walrus And The Carpenter". The time has come, the walrus said, to speak of many things; Of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings, And why the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings. And so forth.
This line is an example of personification, as it attributes human qualities (ambition) to a non-human object (ladder).
One example of a metaphor in "The Carpenter's Complaint" poem is the line "My roof is all worn out with letting in the rain," where the roof symbolizes the carpenter's deteriorating financial situation. Another example is "My nails are all consumed with rust," where the nails represent the carpenter's lost opportunities.
Line 2: “Clouds come hurrying” Line 9: “Like a madman chasing nothing” Lines 10-11: “Pregnant clouds / Ride stately on its back
IN the line "WITH HIS HARD BLEAK STEEL AT THE PATIENT REED" the patient reed is has personification
Here's another clue for you all......The walrus was Paul. John sang that line in the song Glass Onion. I think we can take his word for it.
The sentence you provided is an example of personification. personification: a figure of speech in which an idea, object or animal are given human qualities
In the book "Wayside School is Falling Down," a personification example can be found in the line: "The rain stared out the window." This personifies the rain as if it has the human ability to stare, adding a playful and imaginative element to the storytelling.
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One example of personification in the poem "The World is Not a Pleasant Place to Be" is "The world fell and broke its wings." This line gives the world the human-like quality of being able to fall and break its wings, which helps convey a sense of vulnerability and turmoil.
It's a line from the the Beatles song "I am the Walrus."
The first line of the poem "Tales of a Wayside Inn" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is "It was the schooner Hesperus." This line is an example of personification, as the schooner is given human-like qualities by being named and described as if it were a person.