Personification Poems are types of verse in which inanimate or non-human objects are given human attributes! For example, 'The wheat danced to the beat of the distant thunder.' Clearly everyone knows wheat can't dance, but it has been given human qualities for the purposes of this unique and entertaining poetic form.This type of poetry deploys figures of speech in which things or animals are given human characteristics which we recognize in ourselves. We only hope your computer is not wheezing with pain so that you can continue to enjoy this very special collection!