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In the poem "Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock", Wallace Stevens writes about the uncertainty and the hopelessness of the time period by utilizing imagery and the juxtaposition of two extreme situations. The poem is divided into two parts, and in the first part Stevens describes a life of comfort and security, but also a life with no excitement. He uses the phrase "the houses are haunted by white night-gowns", suggesting that these people have homes and a place to live, but employs color to show that there is no adventure or happiness in their way of living. This reflects how the majority of the people of the time period who were financially stable lived without creativity or adventure, making their life rather depressing. In the second half of the poem, Wallace writes about "an old sailor, drunk and asleep in his boots", who we can infer is an alcoholic, homeless, and overall, alone. His dreams, however, are more exciting than the people who "are not going to dream of baboons and periwinkles", meaning that he lived a life of adventure, but he ended up being lonely and without a place to stay. The two extremes are meant to represent how people felt hopeless no matter which path they took in life, and that finding that balance was extremely difficult.
In the poem "Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock", Wallace Stevens writes about the uncertainty and the hopelessness of the time period by utilizing imagery and the juxtaposition of two extreme situations. The poem is divided into two parts, and in the first part Stevens describes a life of comfort and security, but also a life with no excitement. He uses the phrase "the houses are haunted by white night-gowns", suggesting that these people have homes and a place to live, but employs color to show that there is no adventure or happiness in their way of living. This reflects how the majority of the people of the time period who were financially stable lived without creativity or adventure, making their life rather depressing. In the second half of the poem, Wallace writes about "an old sailor, drunk and asleep in his boots", who we can infer is an alcoholic, homeless, and overall, alone. His dreams, however, are more exciting than the people who "are not going to dream of baboons and periwinkles", meaning that he lived a life of adventure, but he ended up being lonely and without a place to stay. The two extremes are meant to represent how people felt hopeless no matter which path they took in life, and that finding that balance was extremely difficult.