pathetic fallacy

Etymology
in his work . Here, does not refer to a logical fallacy, but should be understood as “a falsehood, something that is untrue”, while  here means “caused by an excited state of the feelings”; thus, "emotional misrepresentation", not "contemptible illogic".

Noun

 * 1) A metaphor which consists in treating inanimate objects or concepts as if they were human beings, for instance having thoughts or feelings.