also: ぎしんほう
noun
Rhetorical device where human traits are given to non-human things; used in literature and poetry.
詩の中で、風がささやくという擬人法が使われている。
In the poem, personification is used where the wind whispers.
Compound of 擬 (gi, 'imitate') + 人 (jin, 'person') + 法 (hō, 'method'). The reading ぎじんほう reflects a common voicing change (rendaku).