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It was to attract more settlers to the area.
While there are many different sound devices that can be used in poetry, such as near rhyme (sounds are similar but not exact), alliteration (same beginning sounds), this one is onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia is using words to suggest a sound. This can also be words like whispering, sizzle, thump, clang, etc. Using onomatopoeia allows you to imagine what it would sound like if you were present (this is part of imagery).
Answer: personification and alliteration
Personification refers to the use of human qualities to describe animals, inanimate objects, abstract ideas or natural phenomena. In this case, the author gives "autumn" qualities that belong to humans, such as "sitting careless on a granary floor."
Alliteration refers to the repetition of identical initial consonant sounds, even when spelled differently. It is also called "initial rhyme." In this case, the author uses alliteration when he says "winnowing wind."
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If you fail to anticipate audience questions, they may have more confusion after reading your writing than they did at the start. Also, if you don't address common questions they might think that you haven't done all of the research necessary to know the whole topic. Finally, they might not trust your writing as much if you don't have the answers to their questions.