What does the narrator in "all watched over by machines of loving grace" express
a. a mistrust of machines.
b. an obsession with technology.
c. ambivalence about religion.
d. a desire to live in the future.

b.) one noun is substituted for another with which it is closely associated

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 -