Answer:
a. It criticizes the way some readers try to understand a poem
Explanation:
Billy Collins makes a great reference to how some readers try to understand a poem, by saying that they begin beating it with a hose, trying to explain that they take everything too rough and do not consider all the factors, nor try with the care and importance that analyzing a poem should have, he writes in his poem the ways to understand a poem, speaks about
"I want them to waterski
across the surface of a poem
waving at the author’s name on the shore."
Speaking about a way of getting to know the poem and investigate, about feeling it and letting it take you places, but all what readers want to do is easily and quickly understand it.
Hi! If I were you, I would refer to notes given to you by your teacher, as I am not entirely sure what level this is or what your teacher is looking for, or how your teacher may define a theme.
Personally, I would choose:
A theme is a message the text conveys.
A theme is supported by details in the text.
A theme is seen over the course of a text.
Again, be sure to double-check with your notes and/or teacher to see how they define it, but in my opinion, I would choose those three!
Hope this helps!
-K
Harlem represents all that the speaker is trying to escape.
-thousands of jobs
-competitive events
-lodging for athletes
Explanation: i got it right on the iready please mark brainliest pls
