Answer: Lines 1-18 describe a story about a women who was so self-absorbed with her own appearance she surrounded herself with mirrors. She eventually escaped into one of those mirrors and has haunted the residence ever since taking three lives. The shift that happens on line 19, is the story going from past tense to present tense.
A woman who was self-absorbed with her own looks she surrounded herself with mirrors. She Fled into one of the mirrors and has haunted the residence.
'Beware: Do Not Read This Poem' by Ishmael Reed is wistful poetry about culture and how language is used to telltale.
The poem forewarns against becoming too gulped within one method of storytelling.
Thus, lines 1-18 tell that she Fled into one of the mirrors and has haunted the residence.
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