I would say that the lines which show us how desperate the poet is are the following:
"... helpless in my throes, Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite--"
As you can see here, the poet says he is helpless, meaning that he cannot find inspiration to write what he wants to write. Therefore he is desperate for some inspiration, which is why he is biting his truant pen in order to show how anxious he is to get his inspiration back.
No sorry but try reading it thoroughly that helps a lot :)
Answer:
It is her most famous and most controversial story. She received lots of hate mail, even from her parents.
Explanation:
I could not find where it was her first short story. Another one, "Charles" was published in 1948, the same year as "The Lottery".
It is most definitely NOT a humorous story.
It was fiction.
