Read the excerpt from the poem “i am offering this poem.” i have nothing else to give you, so it is a pot full of yellow corn to warm your belly in winter, it is a scarf for your head, to wear over your hair, to tie up around your face, the poet uses metaphors mostly to emphasize the idea that the poem is 1)meaningful because the speaker is poor. 2)valuable because it provides many things. 3)nourishing like a pot of food. 4)a fashion piece or accessory, like a scarf.

The poet uses metaphor mostly to emphasize the idea that the poem is VALUABLE BECAUSE IT PROVIDES MANY THING.
In the excerpt given above, the speaker compares the poem to many things, which he do like to give to his beloved, but which he can not afford because he is poor. He compares the poem to a pot of food that keeps one warm during cold weather and it also compares it to a scarf,which provides warmness, protection and coziness. 

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