Answer:
Bold are the first; true are the second; playful are the third; clever are the fourth; forceful are the fifth.
Round as a button, deep as a well. If you want me to talk, you must first pull my tail.
Just head and foot yet never tires of dancing.
Sometimes I am loud. And viewed with distaste. Poke out my 'eye', then I'm on the front of your face.
Held firmly in the hands, like a sword it cuts deep. Bloodless strokes, all, then forward we leap.
I have two bodies joined together as one. When standing still I run and run.