Personification in Star Spangled Banner?
Given the definition of personification as the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person, I'm sure you can find examples in the Star Spangled Banner. If you don't understand what the Star Spangled Banner's words mean then here's a link that can help you: http://thewhitedsepulchre.blogspot.com/2011/02/explanation-of-lyrics-of-star-spangled.html Source of definition: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/personification
The flag is personified: The flag is "gallant" - gallantly streaming (not to mention being referred to as a "who" - as in "whose" - and not a "what" or "that" or "it") Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
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