What are the disadvantages of living in a society of sameness?

If everyone were the same, we could be compared to robots. No one would be able to/ want to stand out from the crowd, which would prevent advancements in things like medicine, technology, and science/art in general. No one would be special, so you could argue that nothing would make you significant. If everyone were the same, we would all live to die, because what else would there be to do.

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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.

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first of all, dante wanted to write an account of the search for spiritual atonement and salvation, and this desire drew heavily from dante's own experiences. dante was living in exile while writing inferno and so, much like his poetic counterpart, he felt like he had lost his way and needed direction.

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