In his poem “Observants”, Munro describes the ever inevitable winter. He begins his poem with, “The light traps the frost as it approaches winter, / trailing flashes and sparks along the raised sidewalks / of ice…” (1-3). Here he incorporates the personification of an otherwise lifeless object, drawing the reader in with just the first sentence. By making the light have the qualities of an animate object, Munro gives it a personality that the reader can latch onto. With this type of description, the reader is now more involved than simply saying “the light reflects on the