If you were coming in the fall

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1890

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1. B. This is a simile because it is an indirect comparison between two unlike things. The word “as” denotes a simile.

2. C. Consonance is the repetition of consonants. The effect creates a rhyming sound. “Balls” and “fuse” share the “s” sound.

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3. B. This poem is written with ballad stanzas.

4. A. The seasons represent the “seasons” of the speaker’s life. Summer is youth, and fall is a later stage in life. The speaker is saying they are happy to pass up their youth in waiting if it means they can enjoy the fall of their life with their lover.

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