Describe Narrator/Speaker: Poetry Practice Test

Read the following poem excerpt:

Title: "The Phone on the Nightstand"

It glows at 3 a.m.,

a lighthouse for no ship.

I don’t pick it up.

I let the notifications stack,

tiny knocks from a world I won’t answer.

Morning will translate them

into something manageable.

What does the bolded phrase most strongly suggest about the speaker’s relationship to others?

Read the following poem excerpt:

Title: "The New Suit"

I buy it on sale,

black and ambitious.

In the dressing room mirror

I look like my future

wearing my body.

The clerk says, "Sharp,"

and my smile arrives

a second too late.

What does the bolded detail most strongly suggest about the speaker’s reaction to the compliment?