THE CORRECT ANSWER IS (D).APOSTROPHE IS THE DEVICE OF CALLINGOUT T...

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The correct answer is (D).

Apostrophe is the device of calling

out to an imaginary, dead, or absent person or to a place, thing,

or personified abstraction either to begin a poem or to make a

dramatic break in thought within a poem. Choice (D), “O my

soul,” fulfills the last part of the definition. Holmes personifies

the abstract soul and calls on it to grow to greater fullness. Do

not let choices (B) and (E) confuse you because they contain

second person pronouns. Choice (A) is a metaphor. In choice

(C),

child

is in apposition with the second person pronoun,

thee,

in line 22, but is not an example of apostrophe.

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