This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu...
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This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
'BEHOLD her, single in the field,
You solitary Highland Lass!
Reaping and singing by herself;...
O listen! for the Vale profound
Is overflowing with the sound.'
The lines above from William Wordsworth's 'The Solitary Reaper' constitute
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The lines above from William Wordsworth's 'The Solitary Reaper' constitute an apostrophe. This is a literary device in which a speaker addresses someone or something that is not present or cannot respond directly. In this case, the speaker addresses the solitary Highland lass and invites the reader to listen to her singing, as the sound fills the valley. The use of an apostrophe creates a sense of intimacy and immediacy between the speaker, the reader, and the subject of the poem.
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