Read the passage:

of visitors -- the fairest --

for occupation -- this--

the spreading wide my narrow hands

to gather paradise --

what is the message of this stanza?

that prose has some possibility

that being a poet is the better job to have

that the nature of poetry is limitless

that people who visit poets have more limits

Read the excerpt from chapter 34 of the awakening. "fine fellow, that lebrun," said arobin when robert had gone. "i never heard you speak of him." "i knew him last summer at grand isle," she replied. what becomes apparent during this conversation? robert and arobin are both aware they are rivals for edna’s affections. arobin is unaware of robert’s role in edna’s life, but robert is aware of arobin’s role. robert is completely unaware of arobin’s romantic intentions and love for edna. robert has much more confidence in himself than arobin does.