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What is the point of view in this excerpt from "The Haunted Mind" by Nathaniel Hawthorne?

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In the short story "The Haunted Mind" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the second person point of view is used. The speaker is speaking directly with the reader so he makes use of the pronoun you. The second person point of view is common in poetry, short essays, and songs.
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