Which excerpt from Billy Collins’s “Man Listening to Disc” best reflects the euphoric effect the narrator experiences from listening to music on his headphones?

The pavement “sparkling with sunlight” shows the narrator experiencing the world as unusually vivid and radiant while listening to music. That heightened, joyful perception best conveys euphoria. The other choices describe the headphones, the music’s volume and intimacy, or a warning to watch where he is walking.

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