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 narrator closes the lantern tightly so the old man is

not awakened by the bright light

explanation:

the statement that best explains why the tenth amendment reserves some rights and powers to states is that the framers believed in the principle of federalism. this principle says that some powers are in the hands of a centralized national government, while others are reserved for the governments of several states.

im pretty sure a would be the answer