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        <title><![CDATA[Yes, the poem &quot;The War Against the Trees&quot; definitely has...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Yes, the poem &quot;The War Against the Trees&quot; definitely has personification in it. The first and overarching place you'll find it is in the title. War is fought between people, not between people and plants. Therefore, the entire poem is one huge act of personification. After that, smaller acts of personification bring each item in the poem into active and nearly human personhood. The bulldozers are said to be &quot;drunk with...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The clearest example of personification in the poem &quot;The War...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The clearest example of personification in the poem &quot;The War Against the Trees&quot; focuses on the bulldozers.  Described as being &quot;drunk with gasoline&quot; (line 3), they act like inebriated men on a date, crudely testing &quot;the virtue of the soil&quot; (line 4).  Later, the bulldozers wage war against the trees, &quot;the great-grandfathers of the town&quot; (line 9), &quot;charg(ing) the trees...subverting them&quot; (lines...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Does the poem &quot;The War Against the Trees&quot; have personification...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Does the poem &quot;The War Against the Trees&quot; have personification in it?]]></description>
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