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The poetic persona gives us a glimpse of his private space where he writes and which might also function as his bedroom. The image is that of a modest workspace. There is a table where he writes, “litter” might refer to the pages that has been torn out of frustration, books, a lamp for his table, “stalled equipment” might refer to his pen, and “the old broom”. After describing an assortment of things in his workspace he uses the conjunction “but” to state that he lives in a “tidied room”. This might mean that the workspace is symbolic of his cluttered mind while as a corporeal being he exists in a neat and organized place.