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

Complete question is;

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

Explanation:

The figurative language in this excerpt by Billy Collins reveals the message that: It criticizes ways in which some readers try to gain understanding of a poem.

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i think a judge or jury, as they preside over the court and is the central figure in a trial.

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