Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins. They begin beating it with a hose
to find out what it really means.

How does the figurative language in this excerpt reveal Collins’s message?

It criticizes the way some readers try to understand a poem.
It criticizes the violent themes found in modern poetry.
It suggests that the study of poetry requires physical strength.
It suggests that every poem has a simple meaning.

A

Step-by-step explanation:

when thinking about the figurative language we understand that you have to dig deeper for the answer just like poems lol, but the answer is A because when he says they are beating it with a hose to find out what it truly means it makes sense to criticize the way some readers try and understand poems. plus i got it right on the test kisses :)

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