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Posted by Jeanna on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 5:50pm.

Alexander Pope's "An Essay on Criticism.
Would this be considered a analogy or personification?

Those RULES of old discover'd, not devis'd,
Are Nature still, but Nature Methodiz'd;
Nature, like Liberty, is but restrain'd
By the same Laws which first herself ordain'd.

* i thought it would be personification because he is comparing nature to liberty

English - Writeacher, Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 5:55pm
He's giving both liberty and nature human characteristics -- so, yes, personification.

"which first herself ordain'd"
English** - Jeanna, Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 5:58pm
So he is comparing both to a women?
English** - Writeacher, Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 6:02pm
He's comparing them to each other and giving both a woman's characteristics.

Please note:

woman = one

women = two or more
English** - Jeanna, Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 6:29pm
Oh i see.. and thanks i was just typing too fast there haha

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