Choose the answer.
which sentence uses the italicized vocabulary word correctly?
the poet paid homage to the evil killer by eulogizing him in an epic poem.
the instructions were written in iambic pentameter.
the painting, which was not an authentic work, was found in picasso's sketch book.
blake showed his maturation when he gave the last piece of pie to his brother

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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 -

the best sentence that shows the best placement for the modifier "on the ice" is the one which contains it in the end of the sentence or in its beggining followed by a comma, that indicates it works as adverbial, dislocated in the sentence.

the girl promptly slid on her rollers on the ice.

on the ice, the girl promptly slid on her rollers.