Mr. Fear

To try and understand this poem I looked up some information about the poet.  He was born in 1946 in Massachusetts.  Is an American poet but also has written screenplays.  This also said that his poems sometimes talked about human doubt.  I didn't really understand what that meant but I'm guessing it is kind of a negative way of looking at life.  In the poem the main thing that sticks out to me is that he used a lot of personification.  To use personification he adds it in a few different places such as when he gives human characteristics to fear, dreams and crickets.  For example he says, "...a purse of crickets like the ones I heard singing last night."  By doing this he creates a more lively and interesting poem to read.