Question

I asked him to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a color slide press in here against the tide which statement best explains the central idea of the lines

Answer 1

Answer:

Poems should be studied in many ways.

Explanation:

The given excerpt in the question is taken from poem called "Introduction to Poetry". It was written by famous author Billy Collins, one of the best selling poets in the United States.

In his poem, Introduction to Poetry, Collins try to convey the message that poems may be studied in many different ways.

He means to say that poems are a wonderful thing and must be treated in such a way that it does not cause any internal bruising to both the poem as well as the readers.