Which of the following is a conflict of interest ? A. a doctor ordering tests to be done because he is part owner of the lab.
B. A surgeon coming up with ideas on how to improve a medical device
C. an EMT having a second job as a firefighter
D. a lab assistant participating in someone else research study as a subject

hello,

your answer is a) the metaphor suggests that the poetic themes are serious and dark.

collins is comparing the poem to a dark room. he is suggesting that the poems theme is serious and wants you to understand it. you don't need to understand the poet in order to understand the poem. you also don't need to move around while reading it. he is simply saying the poem has a dark and serious theme.

- i.a -

comfort   in their suffering

who is marty in this situation?

  this riddles' answer is library.

  the "leaves" are a reference to the books' pages that the library contains; the branches are a network of libraries that connect multiple libraries' collections, resources, and items in a system of a common database, integrating them; the branches' organization are a useful management tool for coordinating the multiple collections many libraries have.