BRAINLIEST TO RIGHT ANSWER

Read the excerpt from “Street Cleaning Day.”

An open space on the street

snapped him out of his thoughts

and back to the wheel.

He sped up a little

and moved close to the curb,

pulling ahead of the space.

Just as he shifted his car

in reverse, a flash

swooped in from behind

and took from Square

what the morning had offered.

How is this excerpt important to the poem as a whole?

A. It shows the exposition.

B. It introduces the main characters.

C. It shows the falling action.

D. It introduces the conflict.

Explanation: Just to elaborate a little on the answer, it can be added that this excerpt is important because it is possible to infer that a troubling and significant scene, possibly an accident, has just happened. The trash collector had just being absorbed in his thoughts, and he was about to resume his duties when a flash, possibly from a vehicle, fell on him, and took from him "what the morning had offered"—the chance to have some time, perhaps just a few minutes, to be immersed in his thoughts.