What connection does the author draw between poetry and the ability for people to understand the world around them?

they use figuritive language

Explanation:

When an author use figurative language, it makes the people astonished and want to find out the mraning behind the type of figurative language. The aithor know people would want to discover and dig deeper to their world. eventually, the author don't exaggerate the use of it so people are not confused. They use a minimum perfect amount to make people confuse and break down the figurative languages so people can get the meaning and what they r going to. Also, they use tone. if the poem is meant to be serious, they will use a anger voice with angry adjectives and etc

the way the author perfect his poem with his tone and figurative language of his usinf, people can eventually understand what their life is like and their world. hope i helped

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read the letter of your pen pal. write and answer 3 questions.