Analyze the final quote of the novel: “gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. it eluded is then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther and one fine morning—so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” (fitzgerald 189)

is this the question?

hello,

your answer is a) the metaphor suggests that the poetic themes are serious and dark.

collins is comparing the poem to a dark room. he is suggesting that the poems theme is serious and wants you to understand it. you don't need to understand the poet in order to understand the poem. you also don't need to move around while reading it. he is simply saying the poem has a dark and serious theme.

- i.a -

hm, switch the relative; nominative and indefinite; objective ? not too bright in the knowledge of the english.