Read the excerpt from "introduction to poetry" by billy collins. i want them to waterski across the surface of a poem waving at the author's name on the shore. how does the figurative language in this excerpt reveal collins’s message? a) it suggests that poems have fun, sporty themes. b) it suggests that readers take time to meet poets. c) it suggests that readers have fun exploring poetry. d) it suggests that poems are easy to understand.

The figurative language in the above excerpt reveals Collins’s message as:

C) It suggests that readers have fun exploring poetry.

Explanation:

Billy Collins in his "Introduction of Poetry" had used the metaphorical usage in order to make the readers make their own imagination to read it. He wanted the readers to put their imagination and bring out the meaning of the poem.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.