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In which line from this excerpt of John Keats's "Ode to Autumn" has the poet personified the season of autumn as a young maiden?

Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;
Thou watchest the last oozings hours by hours.
Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they?
And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;

User Rob Nemeth
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its the first line "thy hair soft-lifted"

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Probably the first line, "Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind..."
When I think of a "young maiden", I think of a girl with long, pretty hair. Keats describes just that in the first line. The other lines can be interpreted as anything, but aren't exactly like a young maiden.
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