Why did the poet most likely structure the poem around the idea that meeting a book is like meeting
a person?
to suggest that serious readers like books more than they like people
to show people how best to personify an inanimate object
to point out that the books people read reflect who they really are
to show
to show that books have unique qualities just as people do

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.