Question

Which excerpt from “How I Learned English” uses first-person point of view to peek into the speaker’s mind?

It was in an empty lot
Ringed by elms and fir and honeysuckle.
Ron O’Neill, Jim, Dennis, were talking it up
In the field, a blue sky above them
I watched it closing in
Clean and untouched, transfixed
Someone said “shin” again,
There was a wild stamping of hands on the ground,

Answer 1

The lines "I watched it closing in / Clean and untouched, transfixed" — the first-person "I" plus the interior reaction "transfixed" gives direct access to the speaker’s thoughts and feelings.