What is the author's purpose in "carry your own skis"

The author's purpose in "Carry Your Own Skis" is To persuade readers to think or act a certain way

Explanation:

"Carry Your Own Skis" By Liam Dolan is a persuasive essay which has the objective to convince people to become responsible of themselves and their acts, as his mother indirectly taught him when she never let them ski until they were able to carry their own skies as a metaphor of becoming responsible of their own.

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.

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