The order, frequency and variety of names given the personified city in Lamentations 1-2 enhances a sense of readerly empathy that the personification of the city imbues. In the first stanza of Lamentations 1, the names for the personified figure are ordered such that the most specific name appears in the description of the most personal violence. In Lamentations 2, the personified city is named with a similar frequency to the violent and angry language used to describe the deity. Combined with an increased use of endearment terms, this violence requires readers to hold together both the violence and the deep relationship between the city and her God.

Lamentations 1-2 中拟人化城市的名称的顺序、频率和多样性增强了读者的同理心，而城市拟人化则充满了这种感同身受。在 Lamentations 1 的第一节中，拟人化人物的名字被排序，使得最具体的名字出现在最个人暴力的描述中。在 Lamentations 2 中，拟人化城市的命名频率与用来描述神的暴力和愤怒的语言相似。加上越来越多地使用亲昵术语，这种暴力要求读者将暴力和这座城市与她的上帝之间的深层关系联系在一起。