Find the example of personification in the following quotation.From 'Asleep', by Wilfred Owen

'Under his helmet, up against his pack'

'After so many days of work and waking'

'Sleep took him by the brow and laid him back'

'There, in the happy no-time of his sleeping'

Find the example of personification in the following quotation.From 'Chain of Pearls', by Rabindranath Tagore:

'Mother, I shall weave a chain of pearls for thy neck'

'The stars have wrought the chains of night to deck thy feet'

'Wealth and fame come from thee'

'And it is for thee to give or to withhold them'

Find the example of personification in the following quotation.From 'April Rain Song', by Langston Hughes:

'The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk'

'The rain makes running pools in the gutter'

'The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night'

Find the example of personification in the following quotation.From Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck:

'The red light dimmed on the coals.'

'Up the hill from the river a coyote yammered...'

'The sycamore leaves whispered in a little night breeze.'

'The bunk house was a long, rectangular building.'

Find the example of personification in the following quotation.From To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee:

'Suddenly I noticed that the men were backing away from Miss Maudie's house.'

'The fire...had eaten its way to the roof.'

'Smoke was rolling off our house...like fog off a riverbank.'

'Another fire truck appeared and stopped in front of Miss Stephanie Crawford's.'

Find the example of personification in the following quotation.From 'Fall, Leaves, Fall', by Emily Bronte

'Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away'

'Lengthen night and shorten day'

'Every leaf speaks bliss to me'

'Fluttering from the autumn tree'

Find the example of personification in the following quotation.From a film review, by Stella Papamichael, of Ocean's Twelve:

'As luxuriously slick as the warm vat of hair wax that went into its making...'

'George Clooney, along with his well-groomed gang of merry thieves...'

'Lounge like catalogue models...'

Find the example of personification in the following quotation.From 'Awaking in New York', by Maya Angelou:

'Children sleep, exchanging dreams with seraphim'

'The city drags itself awake on subway straps'

'I, an alarm, awake as a rumour of war'

Find the example of personification in the following quotation.From 'De Profundis', by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

'The cold before my summer's done'

'And tender friends go sighing round'

'And here, with hope no longer here, while the tears drop, my days go on'

'The heart which, like a staff, was one for mine to lean and rest upon'

Find the example of personification in the following quotation.From 'On the Dark Height of Jura', by Percy Bysshe Shelley:

'Ghosts of the dead! have I not heard your yelling'

'When o'er the dark aether the tempest is swelling'

'For oft have I stood on the dark height of Jura which frowns on the valley...'

'O father! thy voice seems to strike on mine ear'

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GCSE English Personification Quiz

This personification quiz is a great GCSE English revision tool. Can you find where objects, ideas and animals are given human qualities?

Written by Rebecca HughesReviewed by Dr. Emma ClarkeUpdated 17 Mar 2026

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Topic: Personification

Questions: 10

Duration: 10 min

Difficulty: ★★ Medium

Focus: applying Personification with consistent method and answer precision.

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