... the poem, persona is surveying denizens of "a bar-room" contrasting the environment, "crowd of workmen and drivers", to his personal thoughts and beliefs. The poem begins by creating a sense of a single image that persona decided to consider. "A glimpse through an interstice" could also suggest a single view of a single person or group on something. Both, "a glimpse" and an "interstice", in the first line could suggest invisibility or hiding. Also, it could mean considering a single snapshot which, as we later find out, contradicts quietness of persona and his soul to the charged atmosphere inside the bar-room. "Crowd of workmen and drivers in a bar-room" in the second line suggests warmness and friendliness of people ("workmen and drivers"). The fact that these people gathered at night could suggest that they are just relaxing after work and chatting with each other. The warmness of this situation is substantiated ...

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