Read the excerpt from “I Am Offering This Poem.” and in the corner of your drawer, tucked away like a cabin or hogan in dense trees, come knocking, and I will answer, give you directions, and let you warm yourself by this fire, rest by this fire, and make you feel safe In these lines, the poet uses

The phrase “like a cabin or hogan in dense trees” compares the poem to a shelter using “like,” which makes it a simile. The images of warmth, rest, and safety suggest that the poem is something precious the speaker offers as comfort. So the best choice is “a simile to suggest that the poem is valuable.”

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