And I have known the arms already, known them all - Arms that are braceleted and white and bare
(But in the lamplight, downed with light brown hair!)
Is it perfume from a dress
That makes me so digress?
Arms that lies along a table, or wrap about a shawl.
And should I then presume?
And how should I begin?
Shall I say, I have gone at dusk through narrow streets
And watched the smoke that rises from the pipes
Of lonely men in shirt-sleeves, leaning out of windows?
I should have been a pair or raggled claws
Scuttling across the floors of silent seas.
Compare the oral readings of the poem with your written reading. Write a summary paragraph that evaluates which
interpretation of the poem you prefer. Use evaluation criteria and details from each reading to explain your reasoning,