All up and down the dunes, the tall green grasses dance, as the wind plays lively tunes across the sandy expanse. but the moon above is a statue, silent and somber and still, its reflection on the sea is a tattoo, that we watch from upon the hill. how does personification affect the first stanza's meaning? it suggests that the speaker feels distant from the rest of the world. it creates the impression that the world of nature is alive with interactions. it implies that the wind and grasses are somehow not real. it hints that the speaker is alarmed, or even frightened, by the surrounding environment.

The personification affects the first stanza's meaning as:

It creates the impression that the world of nature is alive with interactions.

Explanation:

Personification is the figure of speech in which the human characteristics are attributed to any nonhuman things in the human form. In the first stanza, the grasses are personified to be dancing and the wind to play the tunes. The human characteristics of singing and playing tunes are attributed in non-human things.

the animal shelter ad with animals in cages, starving and dying.

explanation:

"the monkey's paw" is a rare story in that the theme is actually stated in the story. sgt. maj. morris tells the whites that the old fakir who put the spell on the paw said, "fate rules people's lives and those who interfere with fate do so to their sorrow." the message is a warning, but mr. white doesn't believe it. even though sgt. maj. morris makes it clear that he tried wishing with unfortunate results and he tries to throw the paw on the fire,   mr. white makes a wish for 200 pounds only to find that he receives the money when herbert dies in a factory accident. according to the fakir, then, because mr. white had wished for something he should not have had, his son lost his life.

the second wish that mrs. white encourages him to make is for herbert's return--one week after his death. when the strange knocking begins at the door during the windy night, mr. white panicks, believing that the previously dead but still mangled herbert could have walked home from the cemetary and is now at the door. because he fears what his wife will find if she opens the door, mr. white makes his third wish--for the noise to stop.

therefore, he uses his three wishes and to his sorrow, loses his son and disappoints his wife, who fervently believed that their son was at the door. she wanted him back, regardless of his condition.

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