I am offering this poem to you, since I have nothing else to give.
Keep it like a warm coat
when winter comes to cover you,
or like a pair of thick socks
the cold cannot bite through,
I love you,
I have nothing else to give you,
so it is a pot full of yellow corn
to warm your belly in winter,
it is a scarf for your head, to wear
over your hair, to tie up around your face,
I love you,
Keep it, treasure this as you would
if you were lost, needing direction,
in the wilderness life becomes when mature;
and in the corner of your drawer,
tucked away like a cabin or hogan
in dense trees, come knocking,
and I will answer, give you directions,
and let you warm yourself by this fire,
rest by this fire, and make you feel safe
I love you,
It's all I have to give,
and all anyone needs to live,
and to go on living inside,
when the world outside
no longer cares if you live or die;
remember,
I love you.
—"I Am Offering this Poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca, from Immigrants in
Our Own Land, Copyright © 1979 by Jimmy Santiago Baca. Reprinted by
permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.

What point is the poet making through the figurative language in the first stanza of the poem?
A. the speaker wants to bring the subject comfort and warmth
B. the subject does not have proper clothing to survive the winter
C. the speaker cannot be there for the subject of the poem when she needs him
D the speaker can afford to give the subject of the poem many gifts