Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins. They begin beating it with a hose
to find out what it really means.

How does the figurative language in this excerpt reveal Collins’s message?

It criticizes the way some readers try to understand a poem.
It criticizes the violent themes found in modern poetry.
It suggests that the study of poetry requires physical strength.
It suggests that every poem has a simple meaning.

It criticizes the way some readers try to understand a poem

Explanation:

You see, not everyone reads the same as you and I. Heck, you and I probably read differently. Though we are all different, there are still some things that shouldn't be done while trying to understand a text. Mr. Collins was probably referring to some of those habits, such as assuming all poems mean the same thing.

the answer is b "spewing black smoke", i took the test and got 100%   hope i

the examples that saki used to represent satire through situational irony are options two (2) and five (5) inasmuch as the wolf thought that looking for a girl in the bushes could be as easy as hunting little pigs at the park, but it took him so much time to find the girl if it had not been not for a silly mistake. also, bertha would have survived to the wolf's hunt if she had not won those medals for goodness, which at the end they were what got her killed by making noise, so winning medals of goodness was not so good achievement, after all.