Plantification (literary device)
Plantification, also known as Botanification, is a literary device, commonly referred to being the botanical counterpart of a personification comparing, in an abstract way to, humans or objects to the likes of a plant.[1] This is a newer name used as a replacement of botanic personification and vegetal metaphors.[2]
This is a newer literary technique recently developed and was adopted by authors through time such as: Ovid, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson and Virginia Woolf.
Etymology
The word "Plantification" derives from two root words "planta"[3] meaning plant in Latin, and" -ification" comes from "-ficare" which is Latin for "to work" or "to compare".[4]
Examples
Sentence Examples:
Her hair grew like "ivy", tangling around her shoulders.
He "rooted" himself to the spot, unable to move.[5]
Literary Examples:
Ovid, Metamorphosis: "A thin bark closed across her gentle bosom, her hair turned into leaves, her arms into branches, Her feet, So swift before, stuck fast into the ground, And her head became a treetop."[6]
William Shakespeare, Macbeth: "I have begun to plant thee, And will labour, To make thee full of growing." (Act 1, Scene 4)
Emily Dickinson, Poem 1400: "The pedigree of honey, Does not concern the bee, A clover, any time to him Is aristocracy."[7]
Virginia Woolf, The Waves: "I am rooted but I flow."[8]
References
- ↑ Gastronomica (2005-11-08). "Fruits and Vegetables as Sexual Metaphor in Late Renaissance Rome | John Varriano". Gastronomica. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ↑ "Academia.edu - Find Research Papers, Topics, Researchers". www.academia.edu. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ↑ "A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin". www.mobot.org. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ↑ "Definition of -Ification". www.merriam-webster.com.
- ↑ "rooted to the spot/floor/ground etc | meaning of rooted to the spot/floor/ground etc in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE".
- ↑ "Ovid (43 BC–17) - The Metamorphoses: Book 1". www.poetryintranslation.com. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ↑ Emily Dickinson. "What mystery pervades a well!". LitCharts. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
- ↑ Virginia Woolf (1931). "The Waves" (PDF). PDF. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
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