Read the excerpt from "I Am Offering This Poem.”Keep it like a warm coatwhen winter comes to cover you, or like a pair of thick socks the cold cannot bite through,

The speaker compares the poem to a warm coat and thick socks that keep out the cold. These images suggest the poem can comfort and protect the person who receives it. Choice C, “is able to protect,” best expresses that idea.

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