Question

Read these lines from Yusef Komunyakaa's poem "Facing It":
A white vet's image floats
close to me, then his pale eyes
look through mine. I'm a window.
He's lost his right arm
inside the stone. In the black mirror
a woman's trying to erase names:
No, she's brushing a boy's hair.
Vhich statement best interprets the author's use of metaphor in these lines?
O
A. The metaphor of the window shows that the speaker is trying to
escape the bad choices he made in the past.
O
B. The metaphor of the wall shows that people from all walks of life
are brought together in mourning.
O
c. The metaphor of the window shows that the speaker is
empathetic to the pain of other Vietnam veterans.
O
D. The metaphor of the wall shows that the speaker understands the
pain and torment of other Vietnam veterans,

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is C

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer: C) The metaphor of the window shows that the speaker is  empathetic to the pain of other Vietnam veterans.

Explanation: a metaphor is a figure of speech that consists in making a direct comparison between elements that aren't obviously related, in order to create an image in the reader's mind. In the given lines from the poem "Facing It" we can see an example of a metaphor in the line "I'm a window" this metaphor shows that the speaker is empathetic to the pain of other Vietnam veterans (corresponding to option C).