sorry I don't know about 15, 16 and 20th question
The reason why I believe that the author Maya Angelou included this passage is because she wanted to explain to us her emotions about the connection she had.
Answer:
to emphasize certain images
Explanation:
When apostrophe is used as a figurative language in a poem, it gives the poem a more personalized effect as the speaker is going to call out a non-existing person, an idea, or thing. It has not been common in the 20th century, though.
