Question

Which figures of speech appear in this excerpt from John Keats’s “Ode to Autumn”?

Answer 1

passage:

Which figures of speech appear in this excerpt from John Keats’s “Ode to Autumn”?
Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?
Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find
Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,
Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;

choices:
simile
personification
alliteration
allusion
apostrophe

Answer 2

thoughts?

two major hints:
- notice how the passage is titled "Ode to Autumn" as in, a poem praising autumn. notice what technique is being applied to characterize autumn in the last 2 lines (talking about autumn "sitting careless" and having "hair soft-lifted"

- notice the repetition of consonant sounds (winnowing wind, and to a lesser extent, sometimes, seeks, and soft-lifted).