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on Autumn Song by Hilda Conkling, on March 10
I'm unsure what you mean by "figure of speech" but it's told in the first person - that is, the speaker of the poem uses "I". It was written by a very young girl (dictated to her mother) and depicts a child's fantasy in nature, like she is playing a game of being the fairy queen in her wrap of red autumn leaves with her little snowmen caterpillars, hoping to keep winter's frost out of her circle. It's wonderfully imaginative; just a beautiful little gem of a poem. Thank you for your interest in Old poetry.

~ea
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on Patterns by Amy Lowell, on March 9
One of my favorite poems by this grand lady; someone is running a contest at AP right now using the snippet "All the pink and silver crumpled up on the ground" to inspire.
on The Weaver by Patience Worth, on March 5
I always think of Walt Whitman when I read "busy spider". Doubt is indeed creatively personified here by Patience Worth.
on Bird in the Classroom by Colin Thiele, on March 5
The wisdom of the bird is to be "crisp and spare"; of course, this is only my poetic opinion.

~ ea
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