Which of these excerpts is most clearly an example of apostrophe?
A. “What thou art we know not;/What is most like thee?”
B. “Higher still and higher/From the earth thou springest…”
C. “Vaulted with all thy…might/Of vapors, from whose solid atmosphere…”
D.“The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind,/If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”
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D. "The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind,/If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” is most clearly an example of apostrophe as the speaker is addressing the wind as if it were a person and asking it a question.