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I’m not 100% sure of your question, BY, let alone the answer! This line seems fairly straightforward to me (though wrapped in Percy’s vile syntax, which is like straining porridge through an old sock) – it surely can be rendered as “If I were a dead leaf [the West Wind] could carry….” Is there something more complicated going on that I have not caught? http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/poets/poems/odewest.htmEdit: Surely objectification would accurately describe attributing the state of inanimate material to a living human?
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Would abstractification apply? Then again, a leaf is not an abstract thing, but rather a tangible object. hmm...
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> ... like straining porridge through an old sock
Hah!! Nice one - too true!
I understand the meaning of the line just as you do, Mav.
'Objectification' is so simple, I guess that's right.
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I think, perhaps, two terms are required here, since there is a great difference between, say, a stone, an inanimate object, and a leaf, a living organism.
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Surely objectification would accurately describe
'Objectification' is so simple, I guess that's right.
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The royalty check in in the mail, right?
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The royalty check in in the mail, right?As caramia's agent, I should perhaps explain that this may be a confusion of accents (it being a well-none fact® that the angels of CA have elevated and superior diction to the rest of the world), since it would be unfortunate to raise expectations in the lovely A$P’s mind of substantial participation in the inevitable spin-off merchandising from the forthcoming smash-hit Oscara® winner… What caramia's script (developed by a talented team of scriptwriters, at least one of whom has a name reminiscent of someone you think you may have heard of ~ or was that the cameraman's second assistant’s dog in the last Julia Roberts vehicle?) actually is can be more accurately rendered as My Life As Chopped Lover, a searing and passionate future-world indictment of the failures of Western Capitalism in the face of personal growth and an exploration of the tender workings of the human soul: think Terminator meets Love Story! 
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Is there a leaf- or tree-version of anthropomorphise? That would fit... arbomorphise??
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