Question

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Answer 1

@jim_thompson5910

Answer 2

ok so he's in an astronomy class learning about the stars, galaxies, universe etc (basically anything dealing with the cosmos), but he doesn't like it because it's too rigid and structured...it's very boring to him (at least this is what I'm thinking this is the issue he has)

so he gets up and leaves class because he's sick of the dull class and heads out into the night where he can observe the stars on his own and make his own discoveries (in a much funner way)

Answer 3

and it seems that the beginning and middle parts (the lines that start with "When...") is like it's adding to the tedium of sitting in the class...its almost as if we're there listening to the professor drone on and on...and on...and on...

Answer 4

but when we get past the lines that start with "when", we get to a more free flowing portion of the poem (as compared to the rigid and strict form from before)...so it puts the reader at ease (in my opinion)