In the context of the poem, the poet’s use of a long sentence with several clauses in lines 1-5 (“For hours . . . toward me”) serves primarily to

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it is the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story. the exposition will often have information about events that happened before the story began. the exposition is often the very first part of the plot.

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