"Then I saw the shadow. It was the shadow of a man with a hat on. At first! 1 po

thought it was a tree, but there was no wind blowing, and the tree trunks

never walked. The back porch was bathed in moonlight, and the shadow,

crisp as toast, moved across the porch toward Jem." Where is this "person

really at? Who do you think it was? *

it the climax in the poem

c. a group of tribes that formed a confederacy

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.

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