Read the editorial carefully and select the phrase that
best answers each question.
What two things are

compared in the analogy?

What is the purpose of the analogy?

What is the effect of the analogy on the reader?

the purpose of the analogy is unknown to the person who is answering for points on brainy

eli whitney was an american inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. this was one of the key inventions of the industrial revolution and shaped the economy of the antebellum south.

hello,

your answer is a) the metaphor suggests that the poetic themes are serious and dark.

collins is comparing the poem to a dark room. he is suggesting that the poems theme is serious and wants you to understand it. you don't need to understand the poet in order to understand the poem. you also don't need to move around while reading it. he is simply saying the poem has a dark and serious theme.

- i.a -