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They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair.

Dinner is a casual affair.
Plain chipware on a plain and creaking wood,
Tin flatware.
Two who are mostly Good.
Two who have lived their day.
But keep on putting on their clothes
And putting things away.
And remembering...
Remembering, with twinklings and twinges,
As they lean over the beans in their rented back room that
is full of beads and receipts and dolls and cloths.
tobacco crumbs, vases and fringes.
Which of the following sentences best describes the dramatic situation?
An old couple has dinner with their daughter.
• The implied listener talks with an old couple eating dinner.
The speaker, like a fly on the wall, observes an old couple eating dinner.
An young woman has dinner with her parents.

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The speaker. We never hear that the narrator is the daughter or a young woman
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Answer:

C. The speaker, like a fly on the wall, observes an old couple eating dinner.

Step-by-step explanation:

There's' only two of them, so A, B, and C are out of question.

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