Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins.I ask them to take a poemand hold it up to the lightlike a color slideor press an ear against its hive.Which statement best explains the central idea of these lines?

The speaker suggests looking at a poem closely by holding it to the light, and listening carefully by pressing an ear to it. These comparisons show that poems can be explored and understood in different ways. So the central idea is that poems should be studied in many ways.

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