Mountains stood tall, peaks touched sky.

Meaning: This sentence describes the mountains and the peaks as being like people standing tall and touching the sky.

Choice of Words: Mountains are large, natural elevations of the earth's surface. Stood is a verb that describes the position of something that is upright. Tall means having a great height. Peaks are the highest points of mountains. Touched is a verb that describes the contact between two things. Sky is the area above the earth. In this sentence, the mountains are personified as people who are standing tall, and the peaks are personified as people who are touching the sky.

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