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"old Hiem's thin and icy crown"
Anthropomorphism
Act 2,
Scene 1
Lines 109-111

An example of anthropomorphism in Act 2, Scene 1 of myshakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream.

Titania

And on old Hiems' thin and icy crown
An odorous chaplet of sweet summer buds
Is, as in mock’ry, set. The spring, the summer,

Here is an example of anthropomorphism where the earth is transformed into a giant human form in which the top of the head is represented by the wintry landscape.