Question

Which statement best describes one effect of the poet's use of figurative language in

this excerpt?
O A. Describing the river as running through the soldiers' bones helps the
reader feel as immersed in nature as the soldiers were.
B. "As a world revolved / under each man's eyelid" refers to the distrust
between the men as they disagree about the ambush.
C. The narrator compares himself and his fellow soldiers to chameleons to
show how they had blended in with nature.
D. The soldiers hold their breath, which creates a moment of anticipation in
the reader's mind before the ambush begins.

Answer 1

Answer: It gives the speaker the quality of empathy to show that he is open to the pain of other Vietnam veterans.

Step-by-step explanation:

When the speaker says "he is a window", (he is not literally a window cause he's using) a metaphor. What he means is, just like light enters a window, those images enter his eyes, mind, and heart. He is empathetic to the suffering to those people, and he has changed now forever affected by what he has seen

Answer 2

Without the specific excerpt to refer to, it's difficult to provide an accurate answer. Please provide the excerpt so that I can assist you better.