The houses are haunted
By white night-gowns.
None are green,
Or purple with green rings,
Or green with yellow rings,
Or yellow with blue rings.
None of them are strange,
With socks of lace
And beaded ceintures.
People are not going
To dream of baboons and periwinkles.
Only, here and there, an old sailor,
Drunk and asleep in his boots,
Catches Tigers
In red weather.
2006-10-30
11:08:11
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Abdul S
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ok. THE NAME OF THE POEM IS
DISILLUSIONMENT OF TEN O'CLOCK
2006-10-30
11:09:01 ·
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not bad . . i'd actually give it a 5 or 6 on a scale of 1 to 10.
I like some of the imagery, and I like the easy flow of it.
2006-10-30 11:11:58
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answered by a_blue_grey_mist 7
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It sounds like a poem about Halloween and ghost without there ghostly figure they are going to dream about goblins you are by the wharfs and the sailors are drunk and a sleep and he catches tigers in blood in his dream well guess that is about all I think your poem was different it just takes someone to figure it out and I'M sure it wasn't me good luck with your poem writing
2006-10-30 13:20:47
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answered by Lolo 3
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The title seems to have no relationship and the content seems unrelated to houses haunted by white night gowns, most of it tellls what features the night gowns don't have? This is a weakly structured poem that didn't tell me much of anything, with more or less unrelated images, and what's the point exactly, I just didn't get it?
2006-10-30 11:27:44
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answered by Anonymous
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I really love how your poem is saying that in this world that no one can be diverse and as long as they are not they will not be labeled as strange. and how with all the customary thoughts and feelings every one will dream the same and how all the gowns are the same. and the houses are haunted by the thought of the insanity. and the sailor has to intoxicate himself to feel that sense of calmness and security.
2006-10-30 11:28:18
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answered by Anonymous
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It's very... I mean to say that it's very... Well, I don't know what it is, exactly, but I definitely like it. It's beautiful and mysterious, and it's one of those poems where you're never quite sure of what you're reading, and yet in the back of your mind you feel that you understand it perfectly. In that sense it reminds me a lot of Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll, because it doesn't seem to make sense, but you can't help but fall in love with the ideas formed in those odd, mysterious words.
2006-10-30 16:10:11
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answered by isayssoccer 4
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It is an intresting poem but I like it athough I don't really get it with all the green and purple rings or whatever
2006-10-30 11:22:27
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answered by panda 2
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That is ok a little surreal, needs more body and substance, try to go back to the same topic at least three times like the chorus of a song even if it is one or two words keep going back to them to give relevance to your other topics or genres.
2006-10-30 11:22:46
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answered by Tridda AKA K.B.J.G 2
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I only liked the phrase "asleep in his boots"...
I'm sorry... it should be more deep... try to look for interesting mixtures of words... like the boots part.
If you want it to be funny, be witty... look for better words to describe, unusual ones.
And if you want it to sound dark..... look for obscure words that make you shiver.
There's more where that came from, I know it. But the best practice is to keep writing... don't stop and don't over analyze everything, keep working on it.
2006-10-30 11:13:41
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answered by jazzy11 2
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2016-12-05 09:24:45
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answered by ? 4
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Very awesome! I love it! Captures a mood that I haven't seen in a poem before!
2006-10-30 11:10:45
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answered by Anonymous
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