Poem Analysis: Previous Owner By Graham

In the following passage, Graham interactions with his pupils are mellow, peaceful, and pleasant. As Graham states in passage three, “Before I begin with a poem, Graham said, if I might just talk about my hair a moment.” Of course, this displays Graham’s or Mr. Koglin’s personality toward the teenagers and how he lifts the spirits up in the class. Not to mention, Graham also deals with the less relaxed kids well by merely putting a hand in the air for silence.
The author defines Graham’s unique characteristics in the classroom and at home by Graham informing the class on his previous encounters with the possessions of the “Previous Owner” whose profession was an entertainer. Furthermore, in the following passage, passage seven the author states,

“…Graham reminded them of the time Previous Owner had painted over wallpaper and then wallpapered over that.” After analyzing the most recent quote from the passage the reader has a grasp on Graham’s laid-back nature in the classroom not to mention in his household.
Regardless pupils reply to Graham’s behavior with unconcerned contentment. As a matter of fact, passage four the author tells the readers, “There were smiles, there was the folding of arms across chests, ...” this tells the readers how the students react to Graham and illustrates their easiness about him. However, in the text parts of passage four, two, and fourteen are examples of how the undergraduates react to Graham. In this short story, there are many different ways Mr. Koglin replies to the students and also the many ways the students react to Graham but they are all an optimistic way.