Read the excerpt from "Introduction to Poetry" by Billy Collins. But all they want to do is tie the poem to a chair with rope and torture a confession out of it. Which statement best explains the central idea of this stanza? People are unkind to poets and demand explanations from them. Poetry prompts feelings of anger and frustration. People try too hard to find one meaning for each poem. Poetry is too difficult for most people to understand.

Read the excerpt from part 2 of zeitoun. zeitoun woke with the sun and crawled out of his tent. the day was bright, and as far as he could see in any direction the city was underwater. . he could only think of judgment day, of noah and forty days of rain. and yet it was so quiet, so still. nothing moved. he sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. nothing. as he did his morning prayers, a helicopter broke the silence, shooting across the treetops and heading downtown. why does the author include the details of zeitoun’s morning? to suggest the hopelessness of zeitoun’s situation to illustrate the solitary existence endured by survivors to establish zeitoun’s dedication to the rituals of his faith to reveal the military’s attempts at assistance