"introduction to poetry"by billy collinsi ask them to take a poemand hold it up to the lightlike a color slide or press an ear against its hive. i say drop a mouse into a poemand watch him probe his way out, or walk inside the poem's roomand feel the walls for a light switch. i want them to waterskiacross the surface of a poemwaving at the author's name on the shore. but all they want to dois tie the poem to a chair with ropeand torture a confession out of it. they begin beating it with a hoseto find out what it really means. source: collins, billy. "introduction to poetry." poets. org. academy of american poets, n. d. web. 4 apr. 2011. which type of literary theory would examine the relationship between the poem and billy collins?