As for the questions:
1-This was a tough choice but I did seem to keep going back to "Out, Out--" by Frost. The line that I kept looking back to is:And the saw snarled and rattled, snarled and rattled, As it ran light, or had to bear a load.(As to say the saw was alive if it was just idling there or being used for what its purpose was for having it).

2-Frost used language as it is actually spoken and that makes it easier to read and try to understand.

3-As in this poem, I chose to personify an inanimate object as Frost did.



"The Curtain"



The curtain had descended,
Provoking the careless to attempt
To breach its parameters.
Standing strong, as if instigating
A meeting between itself and man.
The curtain was unpredictable
Swallowing those who dared to enter,
Into the known and unknown at the same time.
At its' weakest, the curtain was thin-
As if thread-bare.
At its' strongest, the curtain was thick
Looking like an impenetrable fortress.
The curtain traveled not alone,
As always, danger was its' sidekick.
Senseless travelers accelerate, impatient,
Wanting to conquer the curtain,
Wanting to be the one that got away.
Many may emerge unscathed,
Others don't.

This was much harder than I thought, please Be Gentle.