What is the figurative language where we give human qualities to something non-human?

Type of figurative language where consonant sounds are repeated in a row

Which are the two most common figurative languages that compare two things?

Which are the different definitions of each concept?

Like burnt-out torches by a sick man's bed 

What figurative language is being used here?

Drip—hiss—drip—hiss fall the raindrops / on the oaken log which burns, and steams, and smokes the ceiling beams. / Drip—hiss—the rain never stops.

What figurative language is being used here?

When the stars threw down their spears, / And water'd heaven with their tears,

Which technique is being used?

The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor,

Which technique is being used?

I do not care to talk to you although / Your speech evokes a thousand sympathies, Which technique is being used?

The sun was shining on the sea, / Shining with all his might:

Which technique is being used?

The leaves are little yellow fish/swimming in the river. Which technique is being used?

By the lakes that thus outspread / Their lone waters, lone and dead / Their sad waters, sad and chilly Which technique is being used?

Fame is a bee. / It has a song -- / It has a sting -- Which technique is being used?

The oil upon the puddles dries to colors like a peacock's eyes.

This is an example of...

Behind me, the bright lights blossomed.

This is an example of...

How long shall I tarnish the mirror of life, a spatter of rust on its polished steel! This is an example of...

You glow in my heart like the flames of uncounted candles. This is an example of...

The purple jars of night spill. This is an example of...

My heart is a nest that had songbirds in it. This is an example of...

A year has gone as the tortoise goes, heavy and slow. This is an example of...