Click to read "I Am Offering this Poem," by Jimmy Santiago Baca. Then answer the question.
What point is the poet making through the figurative language in the first
stanza of the poem?
A. The speaker cannot be there for the subject of the poem when she
needs him.
B. The speaker can afford to give the subject of the poem many gifts.
C. The subject does not have proper clothing to survive the winter.
O D. The speaker wants to bring the subject comfort and warmth.