AP English Literature and Composition Quiz
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Read the poem below and answer the question.
"In the Orchard"
My grandfather ties cloth around the trunks
to keep the ants from climbing.
He speaks to each tree by its first name,
as if naming were a kind of watering.
I follow with a bucket of bruised apples,
learning which ones to save for sauce.
He says, "You'll take this place someday,"
and the ladder's shadow lengthens on the grass.
My hands smell green, like snapped stems.
I nod because nodding is easy.
But later, alone, I whisper to the trees,
"I don't know if I can,"
and the leaves answer by doing what they do:
turning light into something we can eat.
What is the primary function of the speaker shift marked in bold?
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