Read the passage from "To Autumn.” Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,— The author makes autumn feel present to the reader by using

The speaker directly addresses autumn, asking “Where are the songs of Spring?” and saying “thou hast thy music too.” Speaking directly to an abstract idea or something that cannot answer is apostrophe. The passage uses apostrophe to make autumn feel present, rather than relying mainly on rhythm, metaphor, or rhyme.

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