The verb is in past tense.
Answer:
i tried to find some examples of figurative languages in the poem
here are some:
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<em>husha-husha-hush</em> is onomatopoeia
hmm.. <em>slippery sand-paper </em>is alliteration
<em>Moan like an autumn wind high in the lonesome treetops</em> is simile
(and the two below it are also similes. similes compare two things using the word LIKE or AS)
<em>bang-bang & hoo-hoo-hoo-oo </em>is also onomatopoeia
In his Book XI of Confessions, <em>Augustine made it clear that Plotinus had inspired him</em>.
The more we read Agustine’s Confessions book, the more we can perceive how the way in which he write and exposure a problem was inspired by Plotinus. In addition, the way Augustine saw God and Creation is very similar to Plotinus’s way