Ackerman makes a heroic, or better to say, a powerful figure out of love. While she attributes human characteristics to love, as it can "calm," "cheer," "fuel," and "bankrupt," the way she does this leave love more as a universal force, like nature or a God, beyond the realm of humans. And The tone she creates using this personification is a powerful tone because she shows how such a small word can do so much.
