What are the personifications in 'upon Westminster bridge'?

Answer 1

1. This city now doth, like a garment wear

The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,"

The poet personifies the city as a person wearing beautiful clothes.

2. "The river glideth at his own sweet will"

The poet personifies the river as a person moving on his way at his own free will.

3. "Dear God, the very houses seem asleep;"

The poet personifies the houses as people who are still asleep in the early morning.

d "And all that might heart is lying still;"

The poet personifies the mighty heart; the world of industry, as a person who is asleep.

Answer 2

In "Upon Westminster Bridge," the city of London is personified as sleeping ("ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie asleep") and waking up ("the city now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the morning"). The River Thames is also personified as flowing with a silent and gliding pace.