I read a few and what i recieved was, she made some pauses in there that made it less boring and in certain spots it almost felt as if she wanted you to focus on some spots more than other.
if wrong im sorry, not big into poems :/
Your first answer seems to be right but I will try to answer the rest of the questions if you attach them
If the octopus is inside one of the boxes, it doesn't matter what you ask if trying to find out which box the octopus is BEHIND