What overall effect does Collins create by using the
metaphors of waterskiing and torture? Choose the best
answer.
I want them to waterski
across the surface of a poem
waving at the author's name on the shore.
But all they want to do
is tie the poem to a chair with rope
and torture a confession out of it.
They begin beating it with a hose
to find out what it really means.
He shows that he has a lot to learn from his
students about reading poetry and getting the
meaning out of it.
He shows that readers should interpret poetry
however they prefer to, even if it means torture,
He shows that students want a clear meaning from
the poem, but poetry should not be limited to just
one meaning.
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