Personification in Literature - Definition and Examples

Personification:

Personification is an important  Figure of Speech in English Literature. It is a figure in which lifeless objects or ideas are given life. Or it is a figure of speech in which an inanimate object or abstraction is endowed with human qualities or abilities.

For example:

The waves beside them danced           
                       or
Keats's "Ode to Autumn" is an excellent example of Personification. Autumn is the Personification of the woman.