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Of the prosopopœia or personification, there are two kinds: one when action and character are attributed to fictitious, irrational, or even inanimate objects; the others, when a probable but fictitious speech is assigned to a real character.
Source: wiktionary
Prosopopœia a new person feigns, And to inanimates speech and actions deigns.
Source: wiktionary
Hence the frequency and beauty of the prosopopoeia in poetry, where trees, mountains, and streams are personified, and the inanimate parts of nature acquire sentiment and passion.
Source: wiktionary
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