Question 5 • *HSA 26-27 English IV A -IC
These lines describe the wind through striking metaphors or personification. Calling it the “breath of Autumn’s being” and a “Wild Spirit” gives it an almost living, supernatural quality. “Destroyer and preserver” presents the wind as having two opposing powers. The other lines describe the colors of leaves and compare them to corpses, rather than describing the wind itself.
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