Monday, April 14, 2014

Poem Response to "Disillusionment of 10 O'clock" by Wallace Stevens


The Poem “DIsillustionment of Ten O’Clock” is a very succinct poem.  Each line feels very deliberate with the mood that he is trying to convey.  Stevens starts the poem by stating that none of the night-gowns are specific shapes or colors.  He even states what people are not going to dream about.  I thought that was an interesting direction to take a poem by stating things that are not happening.  It made me wonder if there actually are purple with green rings night-gowns.  I feel almost as if the poem is an abstract.  The lines barely seem to relate to each other.  This might even be a type of “Stream of Conciousness” poem?  As if Stevens was sitting down to write at Ten O’Clock and then these ideas drifted to him as he wrote.

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