In paragraph 1, what is the author’s purpose for including the detail, “just weeks or maybe a month before the orphanage turned me into an old man”? A.
to reveal to his audience that he spent the majority of his life at the orphanage, even after he became an adult

B.
to reflect on the harshness of living in an institution for too long and the lasting effects it can have on someone

C.
to reveal that time began to pass much too quickly for him once he began living at the orphanage

D.
to reflect on the many extraordinary experiences he had while at the orphanage

"freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.

the four freedoms were goals articulated by united states president franklin d. roosevelt on january 6, 1941"

uh, the answer is d i guess.

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 -

so is this a rhetorical question?