Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins.I say drop a mouse into a poemand watch him probe his way outWhich statement best interprets the metaphor in these lines?

The speaker imagines a mouse exploring its way through a poem, as if the poem were a space with twists and turns. This suggests that reading a poem is like navigating a maze, so “Poetry is a maze” is the best interpretation. The poem is not literally a mouse; the mouse is part of the comparison.

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