If I could trade places with him

I would pad the rest of his days

wrap him in gauze and velvet

absorb the shocks and treat his wounds

I would scrub the numbers from his flesh

Extinguish the fire and give him back his life


What does Shapiro use to create the conceit in the lines above?

AHe carries one line of poetry onto the next.

BHe paints vivid word pictures that trigger the imagination by appealing to the five senses.

CHe directly expresses a metaphor using like, as, or than.

DHe uses physical protection to represent emotional protection.