My experience reading this poem along with the class versus alone was very different. At first i did not have a clear comprehension of the poem, but after reviewing it and hearing many different opinions, I was able to better understand it. The poem isn't really happy nor is it overly dark in nature. The bottom theme does hint at a sad childhood and the only mention of a grandfather supports the thought that there are no parent.
My original thoughts of the creature described in the first stanza, was it was some kind of secret that the subject wanted to forget. My opinion to that effect has not changed much, but the nature and purpose of the creature has. It is not a secret but a memory of sad and past times. The subject of the poem attempts to escape the memory by leaving the setting in which it occurred, but that only causes the physical manifestation of the memory to follow them. It goes as far to share a bed in the dark but hides from the light.
I feel that this poem has many different interpretations that only get more and more complex based off how the audience handles the first two stanzas. One could imagine that the creature is a hideous but loyal imaginary friend. others a mental scar or blemish that the subject wishes to rid themselves of. The in-ability to destroy this memory caused even deep problems.
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