d. to give you practice with debating and defending your ideas
Explanation:
Poetry could be explained as a brach of literature which systematically uses words in relatively special manner or ways that evoke strong meanings. Poetry employs the use of carefully selected words, with an ordered arrangement to produce brilliant and creative meaning. Hence, attending a poetry workshop would enable one learn and mater the arts involved. This could help students with their reasoning, increasing their level of self-esteem and boldness, build a healthy level of communication which could help in debates and ability to speak and defend their views.
I believe that the answer is “ they aren’t sufficiently brief” because the irony is that he’s expected to make brief summaries so since they aren’t brief then that’s irony.
