Personification occurs when the speaker characterizes the spider as "patient," since the speaker utilizes a human attribute to describe a non-human entity. The repeating of the term "filament" corresponds to the spider's activities. The poem recounts and performs the spider's motions. This example of personification is used by O'Keefe to explain why some people fear spiders. He states that humans have created a connection between themselves and the spider because humans possess "threads" that they use to weave their clothing. Thus, people assume that if spiders can do this, then they must be like people and not dangerous. Spiders are an important part of many people's lives and many poems have been written about them. This personification poem explains that although spiders are alien to earth, they share some of our own characteristics. They are both organic beings that utilize a web to catch prey. Humans also use their hands to create their own weapons to hunt with. Spiders don't feel pain when they bite you and they use their silk to stop your heart so they can eat you alive. Some people believe that if you treat a spider with respect then it will leave you alone. But this isn't true, anyone who comes into contact with a spider may feel anxious or afraid because they think that they're going to be attacked.