Read the excerpt from the poem “i am offering this poem.” i have nothing else to give you, so it is a pot full of yellow corn to warm your belly in winter, it is a scarf for your head, to wear over your hair, to tie up around your face, the poet uses metaphors mostly to emphasize the idea that the poem is 1)meaningful because the speaker is poor. 2)valuable because it provides many things. 3)nourishing like a pot of food. 4)a fashion piece or accessory, like a scarf.