blogpost #6: Personification/Figurative Language

In E.E. Cummings' "Ponder," he uses personification in order to demonstrate the deteriorating nature of time.  Throughout the poem, Cummings explores time's crumbling effects using a variety of literary devices; however, his utilization of personification truly stimulates his perspective of the forces of time. The words "Them Greediest Paws" expresses the avaricious nature of time. In giving time a life-like and objective attribute to time, which is subjective and therefore has no attributes, he clearly delivers his outlook to the reader in a more relatable and vivid fashion.