... in the following line ("leisure with pleasure") engages the reader, introducing the poem's focus. The rhyme is somewhat ridiculous and infantile. This therefore reveals the poet's opinion of television - which would in this case appear to be that television (or certainly the act of watching television) is monotonous and dim. The tone of the third and fourth lines of the poem is somewhat sad in the way that it presents the reader with the image of a time long gone and suggests that the escritoire is no longer used or noticed, despite its antique beauty. The next line then contains a simile relevant in that the woman could be crying due to the futility of the escritoire in today's society. Also, a crying woman would probably draw some attention. Therefore, the simile may also be a form of foreshadowing in that no attention is being paid to the "crying woman". ...

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