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 me on this clear day in March, the pavement sparkling with sunlight,B
In fact, I would say my delight at being suffused with phrases from his saxophone— some like honey, some like vinegar—C
And I bow deeply to Thelonious Monk for figuring out a way to motorize—or whatever—his huge piano so he could be with us today.D
The music is loud yet so confidential I cannot help feeling even more like the center of the universe