Here is another poem that uses personification to help define the theme. Answer the questions that follow using all you know about poetic devices.

Question

The heart asks pleasure first,
And then, excuse from pain;
And then, those little anodynes (a medicine that relieves pain)
That deaden suffering,

And then, to go to sleep;
And then, if it should be
The will of its Inquisitor, (a person who investigates in a harsh way)
The liberty to die.

Emily Dickinson

Question 9
I think it might be extreme or lenient.
As the poem goes on the requests become more and more:

extreme

lenient

weird and crazy

joyful

Question 11
Not sure about it.
Words in the poem that show that something is being personified are:

anodynes; inquisitor

ask; sleep

first; then

little; deaden

Answer 1

Do you know the definitions of "extreme" and "lenient"? Look them up.
http://www.dictionary.com

Are you clear on what personification is? Read carefully:
http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/personification.html