Here, the pool is described as having the capacity to be "disturbed," when in fact this capacity is not possible for an inanimate object.
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| Anthropomorphism is the projection of human characteristics onto non-human things. In essence, anthropomorphism is a kind of metaphor insofar as something (a non-human thing) is compared with something else (a human being). Here, the pool is described as having the capacity to be "disturbed," when in fact this capacity is not possible for an inanimate object. |
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