Among rhetoricians, however, the word tenor more specifically refers to the subject of a vehicle in a metaphorical statement. For instance, if a writer claimed, Mrs. Higgins is a witch, the tenor of the term witch is Mrs. Higgins.
Anthropomorphism is the attribution of human traits, emotions, and intentions to non-human entities and is considered to be an innate tendency of human psychology. Personification is the related attribution of human form and characteristics to abstract concepts such as nations, emotions and natural forces like seasons and the weather.
Definition of antistrophe. 1  1a : the repetition of words in reversed orderb : the repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses. 2  2a : a returning movement in Greek choral dance exactly answering to a previous stropheb : the part of a choral song delivered during the antistrophe.