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Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock
by
Wallace Stevens
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Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock
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Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock Symbolism, Imagery & Wordplay
There’s more to a poem than meets the eye.
Color
There are five different colors mentioned in the fifteen lines that make up "Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock." For Stevens, vibrant and bold colors represent the richness of an active imagination, w...
Clothing
Wallace Stevens must have worn a lot of suits in his day. Don't get us wrong, but that must have been boring for such an imaginative man. But within the haunted house of "Disillusionment of Ten O'C...
Dreams
"Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock" makes Stevens come off as a little judgey when it comes to who has imaginative dreams or who doesn't. True, the people in the houses "are not going / To dream of b...
