Apostrophe: An apostrophe is a device used to call somebody from afar. The poet has used this device in the twelfth line where it is stated as “Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store.” In this line, the poet directly addresses the imaginary character “autumn”.
Answer:
Listen, pay attention, hear, attend, acknowledge
, concentrate on hearing
,
give ear to
, lend an ear to
, hang on someone's words, concentrate on, be attentive, harken, hark, to hear something with thoughtful attention.
Reading a work of literature is often related to one's personal beliefs and opinions because when you read something you often connect what you read with what you know and this affects your beliefs and opinions about the book but also about general things, as well as vice versa. Once you read a book, this further increases and changes your stance on certain things. It therefore changes your opinions and beliefs.
The correct answer is C. metaphor.
"Bright beams" that Nature has wrapped in black are Stella's eyes. In a way, it is also a simile, but every metaphor is a contracted simile (without "like").
There are other literary devices in this passage as well: contrast (black - bright), rhetorical question (one that doesn't have an answer, or an answer is obvious)...
