Question

What effect does the speaker's use of personification have on the theme of the poem? Cite evidence in your answer.

Answer 1

Answer: Personification in this poem shows how even inanimate objects such as the dew and the grain were wary or afraid of death. This adds a sense that the character is in a carrage with something very fearful, yet her manner of writing does not seem to hint at her fear.

"We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain"

"The Dews drew quivering and Chill"