How does the allusion to famous jazz musicians in “A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long” contribute to the poem? It illustrates the positive impact that past jazz musicians had on the music of today.
It creates a picture of what the jazz musicians looked like and what their songs sounded like.
It gives the reader a clear picture of the things that people enjoy most during childhood.
It provides specific and vivid details that help the reader better understand the time period.

Explanation:

There was a bookstore uptown on gay street

Which I visited and inhaled that wonderful odor

Of new books

Even today I read hardcover as a preference and paperback only

As a last resort

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The implicit details in this excerpt show that the speaker

still has a deep love of books and reading as an adult.

a pirate walks into a bar with a steering wheel sticking out of his pants.

bartender: isn't that uncomfortable?

pirate: arrgh! it's drivin' me nuts!

halibut, flounder, tuna, and trout are all fish. so your first answer is 1.) fish. and since fish is edible, your next answer would be 3). edible

to describe those fishes more thoroughly, some of those fishes live in fresh water, and some of the fishes live in salt water, and that is not a thing that they all have in common. the question is asking what is common with all of the fish, so answer choices 2). fresh water and 4). salt water are not right.