How does this passage support the claim that sugar was tied to the struggle for freedom? It shows that the invention of beet sugar created competition for cane sugar.
It shows that technology had a role in changing how we sweeten our foods.
It shows that the beet sugar trade provided jobs for formerly enslaved workers.
It shows that sweeteners did not need to be the product of sugar plantations and slavery.

It shows that sweeteners did not need to be the product of sugar plantations and slavery.

Explanation:

d. It shows that sweeteners did not need to be the product of sugar plantations and slavery

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 -