Read the excerpt from “a poem for my librarian, mrs. long.” and mrs. long opened that wardrobe but no lions or witches scared me i went through knowing there would be spring why does the poet most likely include this allusion to c. s. lewis’s book the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe? to emphasize that reading frightening tales made the speaker feel confident and strong to illustrate that the speaker read a variety of imaginary tales and children’s books to show that books were a source of comfort and imagination for the speaker to highlight the idea that the speaker relied on the librarian to find interesting books to read

Match the bolded words in the excerpts to their contextual meanings. unoriginal well-groomed numerous he was a gentleman from sole to crown, clean favored and imperially slim. (from "richard cory" by edwin arlington robinson) this debt we pay to human guile; with torn and bleeding hearts we smile, and mouth with myriad subtleties. (from "we wear the mask" by paul lawrence dunbar) . .if it must, these things are important not because a high-sounding interpretation can be put upon them but because they are useful. when they become so derivative as to become unintelligible, the same thing may be said for all of us, that we do not admire what we cannot understand. . (from "poetry" by marianne moore)