Which excerpt from Billy Collins’s “Man Listening to Disc” best supports the idea that the speaker uses the music to isolate himself from others?
A
as if he were right beside meon this clear day in March,the pavement sparkling with sunlight,B
In fact, I would saymy delight at being suffusedwith phrases from his saxophone—some like honey, some like vinegar—C
And I bow deeply to Thelonious Monkfor figuring out a wayto motorize—or whatever—his huge pianoso he could be with us today.D
The music is loud yet so confidentialI cannot help feeling even morelike the center of the universe