Archaicisms

[Tiger the Lion]

Piggy-back question: what's archaic about anthropomorphism? And, to Quix's question, if it's seen as old-fashioned, isn't it possible to make it new again through clever/intentional use?

P.S Looks like Tiger slipped in and addressed the second part, but the first remains.

I'm not a scholar but I can think of nothing archaic about anthropomorphism. You may as well call metaphor archaic. Again, it's a tightrope where originality defines the effective balance.