Read the excerpt from "introduction to poetry" by billy collins.

i ask them to take a poem
and hold it up to the light
like a color slide

or press an ear against its hive.

which line from the excerpt contains a metaphor?

"i ask them to take a poem"
"and hold it up to the light"
"like a color slide"
"or press an ear against its hive

By percy bysshe shelley hail to thee, blithe spirit! bird thou never wert, that from heaven, or near it, pourest thy full heart in profuse strains of unpremeditated art. higher still and higher from the earth thou springest like a cloud of fire; the blue deep thou wingest, and singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. in the golden lightning of the sunken sun, o'er which clouds are bright'ning, thou dost float and run; like an unbodied joy whose race is just begun. 1 select the correct answer. why is the poem "ode to a skylark" an example of a horatian ode? a. because its stanzas are of uniform length b. because it is filled with figurative language c. because it is filled with references to myths d. because it pays tribute to the figure of the skylark