<span>To the speaker of the poem, the cookies represented coming together. The cookies stuck out in the speakers mind because before everyone took them, the speaker was looking at all the people's differences. After the woman pulled handed out the cookies, the speaker's mind was opened to the similarities everyone shared.</span>
We did this poem in our class too, the strongest form would be allusion because the crystal stair, and all the stuff on the stairs represents her life and the hardships in it.
Definitely physical conflict in the novel
