- "creeping under this market-woman's chair because he envies
her good fortune and maliciously sawing away the legs of her
chair. Plop! down she tumbles among her glass and china,
and her business is in smithereens." This quote stuck out to me because the description is very vivid, and I had a clear image in my mind when I read it. It is especially interesting because this isn't actually a direct observation, this is just an imagined scene. However, I think that the imagination between observations is 'seeing in a poetic manner.' They are taking in information from the outside world and expanding on it in such imaginative ways, making the world seem more interesting and also potentially poetic. The cousin wanted to teach the narrator to expand on the things that he sees and think more about the story behind them. By doing this, hey are creating a world full of imagination and stories, which I think is very poetic. - This reminded me a lot of The Stranger by Albert Camus. In the novel, the narrator also has a window overlooking a street, and he spends a lot of time observing. He also muses about what they were likely doing before or after he sees them.