It allows one to compare something nonhuman to human features, suggesting a subtle link between the two. It also clarifies what the poet is trying to say, explaining it wholly by something we humans can relate to.
A poem is a poem it has a name for a reason it may contain metaphors or personification so can it be called extended personification ? Well probably only if you have personification in it then call it what ever you want
the impulses to wordless prayer
a poem
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No, Mother To Son by Langston Hughes does not have personification. However, the whole poem is basically a huge metaphor.
We don't have the poem so we can't answer the question.
.. men may come but i go on for ever
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personification
An Anthropomorphic poem is giving life to something. Like a personification
IN the line "WITH HIS HARD BLEAK STEEL AT THE PATIENT REED" the patient reed is has personification