Comparison workshop
PersonificationversusApostropheWhat's the Difference?
Both may involve nonhuman subjects, but apostrophe concerns direct address while personification concerns attributed human qualities.
Read the pair
How They Differ
First idea
Personification
Gives a nonhuman subject human qualities or actions.
See the signal
Examples
Personification
Time stalked the empty hall.
Apostrophe
O time, loosen your grip.

