Questions below refer to the following excerpts: 

I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of silent seas. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me. We have lingered in the chambers of the sea B. sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us, and we drown.