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Simora [160]
4 years ago
10

How does the personification in these lines from "Columbus" affect the poem?

English
2 answers:
sergey [27]4 years ago
8 0

Personification is the attribution of human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the description of abstract traits in human shape.

In the lines from the poem "Columbus," by Joaquin Miller, the mate uses figurative language to illustrate the sea. In that respect, he uses personification to give the sea human qualities. Therefore, the sea is depicted as a man who exhibits his teeth and is ready to give a bite.

galina1969 [7]4 years ago
3 0

The answer is that these lines suggest violence that is unavoidable and they also create for this piece or excerpt a terrible or dreadful fear that is growing. The excerpt was taken from the poem called "Columbus" and it was written by Joaquin Miller.

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