Answer:
1. The author uses personification to connect with the reader by giving the maple human characteristics.
2. Personification
3. Thoughtful
Explanation:
Using personification is one of the many literary devices the authors tend to use in their poems to help connect the reader with the object that is personified and make the writing more vivid. We can find it whenever we see non-human entities (ideas, qualities, nature, emotion, event, animals, etc.) with human traits (such as thinking, throwing, talking) - Option 2.
In the excerpt of The Morns Are Meeker Than They Were, Dickison gives the maple (an animal) and the field (nature) humans attributes: the will and the consciences of deciding to wear clothes such as a gayer scarf and scarlet gown - Option 1.
In the haiku, the mood that best describes it is thoughtful, as the narrator seems to be concerned about what may happen to the ducklings if they go near the pond, which is watched by a weasel. Through this warning, the narrator demonstrates consideration for others and kindness and sets the overall feeling or atmosphere for the reader - Option 3.
