is a
literary device whereby non-human things and objects are endowed with human characteristics.
There are a number of such examples in "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September."
Wordsworth uses personification to make the city of London come alive, to convey the sense of a
city waking up to a bright, beautiful morning. Using personification allows us to get closer to
that sense of wonder that Wordsworth must have felt when writing his poem. The city is no
longer...
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