Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins. I ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide

or press an ear against its hive.

Which line from the excerpt contains a metaphor?

"I ask them to take a poem"
"and hold it up to the light"
"like a color slide"
"or press an ear against its hive"

a. the scene is structured as a dialogue between two characters in their own informal language.

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explanation:

- "the answers are a and b.  

when cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing "abject and mute," he is speaking about the racial injustices present in american society. as these injustices have changed over time, the american identity  has also shifted. those changes are, in turn, reflected in american literature."

- "chilles is sad and angry because hector, the trojan leader, killed his best friend patroclus. he seems angry with himself because he didn't or protect patroclus against the trojans."