Question

With reference to the poem ‘Animals’, explain in brief how personification leads to a

better understanding of this poem​

Answer 1

Explanation

ExplanationThe poet here desires to turn into an animals and live with them as he is impressed by their calmness and the purity of their mind. Unlike humans, animals seems so contained with their lives and are happy in their natural surroundings. The simple lives of animals help them maintain self-control and their rationality. He stand and looks at them for a long time. In the phrase ‘long and long’ implied meaning is the longing that the poet feels for these two qualities in human beings.

Explanation

ExplanationThe poet is quiet happy with the fact that animals do not make complaints and cry about their conditions like humans. They eat and sleep peacefully as they have nothing to worry about, while humans, because of their wrong actions are unable to do so and thus cannot sleep without worrying about them. Humans, even after committing sins, talk about God and rightness, while animals are simple creatures and they do not need to worry about praying to God. The poet here means that since animals are so pure, they do not pray to God for forgiveness or ask God to fulfil their desires like humans.

Answer 2

Answer:

In the poem Animals, the poet wants to live with animals as they are satisfied and well contented.

The poet uses the words like 'they', 'their' etc which shows that the animals are personified by the poet. He do so as he compares human beings with animals and he wants to consider both as persons. In this way, personification is used in this poem.

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