In the foyer up four steps a semicircular desk presided To the left side the card catalog On the right newspapers draped over what looked like a quilt rack Magazines face out from the wall —"My First Memory (of Librarians)," Nikki Giovanni What do the explicit details in this section of the poem describe? the route the speaker took to the library the different people who used the library how the library was arranged how to look up a book in the library

The explicit details do describe how the library was arranged in this section of the poem.

Explanation:

Look at the options and try to imagine how it could be each one. Then, once you do that, simply pick which one makes the most sense. It wouldn’t be the route the speaker took because he is already in the foyer. And it can’t be different people who used the library because he didn’t describe a single person in the whole poem. It almost looks like it could be how to look up a book because if you look at the first two lines, they could be used as landmarks to find your way to the card catalogue, but then he begins to describe other things which would make the “directions” just a bunch of gibberish about the library. Leaving only one answer left, how the library was arranged.

Side Note:

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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.

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