What are some examples of personification in "Crossing the Water" by Sylvia Plath?

You have certainly picked a poem with a number of separate
examples of personification in it. Let us remind ourselves of the definition of
personfication. Personification is a figure of speech which gives an inanimate object
human characteristics and is a form of comparison. When we bear this in mind, we see
that this excellent poem contains personification which helps create the dark, sombre
mood that dominates its lines. Let us consider the first
example:

A
little light is filtering from the water flowers.

Their
leaves do not wish us to hurry:

They are round and flat and
full of dark advice.

Note
here how the water flowers are given human characteristics. They do not "wish" the
speaker and her companion to hurry and are "full of dark advice." The "dark" advice
gives them a sinister perspective. The third stanza contains the second example of
personification, with the "snag" that lifts a "valedictory, pale hand." Notice how this
goes with the "spirit of blackness" and the "cold worlds" to emphasise the dark,
depressing tone. The snag is here given a hand, comparing it to a sad farewell from
someone.

There is one more example of personification in
this poem, but having identified the other two, I will leave you to find it for
yourself. Hopefully now that I have identified two examples for you this should be an
easy task. Good luck!