personification

This term functions as both a literary device and a descriptive metaphor. In a literary sense, it describes the act of giving human traits to inanimate objects or animals to evoke emotion or clarity, often used in poetry and prose to bridge the gap between the human experience and the natural world. When used to describe a person, it indicates that an individual serves as the living embodiment of a specific virtue or vice. In this context, the person is not merely exhibiting a trait but is seen as the ultimate example or the physical manifestation of that abstract quality.