Personification as a Poetic Call to Social Action

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Abolitionist

Someone who advocated for the complete and total end of slavery.

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A literary device to describe when an author gives someone non-human the characteristics of a human.

Personification

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(noun) something that has a bad effect on a situation, a person's life or the environment

Blight

400

(noun) the front of a person's chest

Bosom

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(noun) a flag flown on a ship to show which country it belongs to

Ensign

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(verb) to strike with a heavy blow

Strike

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(verb) to tear or break something violently

Rend

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(Verb) to recoil in dread or terror

Quail

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(Verb) to decorate someone or something with many small objects, like flowers, colored paper, etc.

Festoon

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(Verb) to think silently for a long time about things that make you sad, worried, or angry

Brood