Frogs In The Pools Singing At Night Personification

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This is a lyrical poem because it strays away from tragic emotion. For example, "And frogs in the pools singing at night" (3) shows a type of personification by giving the animal the ability to sing. This metaphor, "Robins will wear their feathery fire" (5) is saying that nature creatures will keep doing what they do and continue looking the same. There is another personification that goes by "And spring herself, when she woke at dawn, would scarcely know that we were gone" (11-12) this is giving spring season characteristics. The denotation is describing nature and the connotation is that nature will keep doing what it does regardless of what we do. Teasdale uses many phrases that describes nature while also making room for humankind.

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