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Emily DickinsonIf you were coming in the fall
Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1890A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Literary Device Answers
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.
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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