Yesterday, I said that the speaker and his brother spy on their parents in the poem. I am now questioning if this is true. Beginning in line 22 the speaker says " I knew life Began where I stood in the dark, looking out into the light, and that sometimes I could see Everything through nothing." Trying to literalize this proves difficult. I know the speaker is outside during the poem and it is afternoon, so I do not know how he is standing in the dark. It could possibly refer to when he was born, but I am not sure.
In line 29, the author writes, " My brothers backed away from the screen door." This seems like they are scared to go into the house and/or see what is going on inside. There is a possibility for the boys to see what is happening , which is evident in lines 31-35. The speaker says "If I held my right hand above my eyes like a gambler's visor, I could see how their bedroom door halved the dresser mirror like a moon held prisoner in the house." While they did not want to see what was happening, the mirror was trapper and had to watch. I wonder if they can see the reflection on the mirror.
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