Question

How does the personification in these lines from "Columbus" affect the poem?

This mad sea shows his teeth to-night.

He curls his lip, he lies in wait,

With lifted teeth, as if to bite!

Answer 1

The answer is that these lines suggest violence that is unavoidable and they also create for this piece or excerpt a terrible or dreadful fear that is growing. The excerpt was taken from the poem called "Columbus" and it was written by Joaquin Miller.