He said:
"In the winter dusk
When the pavements were gleaming with rain, I walked thru a dingy street
5 Hurried, harassed,
Thinking of all my problems that never are solved.
Suddenly out of the mist, a flaring gas-jet Shone from a huddled shop.
I saw thru the bleary window
10 A mass of playthings:
False-faces hung on strings, Valentines, paper and tinsel,
Tops of scarlet and green, Candy, marbles, jacks—
15 A confusion of color
Candy, marbles, jacks—
Pathetically gaudy and cheap.
All of my boyhood
Rushed back.
20
Once more these things were treasures
Wildly desired.
With covetous eyes I looked again at the marbles, The precious agates, the pee-wees, the chinies_* Then I passed on.
25 In the winter dusk,
The precious agates, the pee-wees, the chinies
Heft my boyhood." which statement best expresses the theme of “the lighted window”?
