This quote serves to introduce us to the topic that the author discusses, accents. She states that her mother isn't ashamed of her accent despite it being hard to understand sometimes.

This is a reference to the story of Ali-Baba in which 40 thieves attempt to kill him by disguising their men in jars of oil that they gave to Ali-Baba.

This is one of the most classic opening to a story in which you suddenly see something that was never before there. This adds to the feel of the poem in which it is a guidebook for if you find yourself in a fairy tale.

Atlas was the Titan charged with holding up the sky to keep it from crushing the world. This addition of him makes it seem as if Eurydice is saying that there is no point of him keeping up the sky, because sooner or later everything will end.