I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a color slide or press an ear against its hive. Which line from the excerpt contains a metaphor? "I ask them to take a poem" "and hold it up to the light" "like a color slide" "or press an ear against its hive"

What reasons does the speaker provide to support his viewpoint or claim in what to the slave is the fourth of july i read to speech and but i just don't fully understand the question i just want to make sure i get it right so to explain that the question is asking me to do. and you!