The personification of love is common in poetry. The main definition of personification is the transfer of a real person's attributes to an object. Remembering that personification contains the word "person" is a simple memory aid. Real people have real traits and qualities, which can be personified. For example, if you were to describe someone who was very loving as having "angel wings", this would be a form of personification. Love is often described as an emotion with characteristics of its own. These descriptions are usually made by saying something like "love is beautiful" or "love hurts". Some writers may choose to make up their own words to express how they believe love feels. For example, Shakespeare wrote poems about love ranging from the romantic to the tragic. With his use of language, he tried to capture what it means to feel love towards another human being. There are many different names for different types of love. Romantic love is usually seen as one part of a larger concept called passion or infatuation. It is the type of love that attracts people when they first meet and it makes them want to get to know each other better. Sometimes this love turns into a more stable relationship called marriage. Compassionate love is another name for love between friends or colleagues. It is an affectionate feeling people have for others like themselves.