Phantasmagoria and Other Poems

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Wait for the Victim to commence: No Ghost of any common sense Begins a conversation. In such a case success depends On picking up some candle-ends, Or butter, in the larder. All Ghosts instinctively detest The Man that fails to treat his guest With proper cordiality. And those convicted of the thing Unless when pardoned by the King Must instantly be slaughtered.

Ghosts soon unite anew. Inspecting Ghosts is something new! Explain yourself, my man! And nothing could be sweeter than My temper, till the Ghost began Some most provoking criticism. Pray, why are all the cruets placed Where nobody can reach them? How much are they a dozen? What really passed I never learned, Nor guessed: Through driving mists I seemed to see A Thing that smirked and smiled: And found that he was giving me A lesson in Biography, As if I were a child.

Each seated on his favourite post, We chumped and chawed the buttered toast They gave us for our tea. I now remember all about it; I wrote the thing myself. Some literary swell, who saw It, thought it seemed adapted for The Magazine he edited. The notion had occurred to her, The children would be happier, If they were taught to vary. Try it yourself, my little dear! When the narrator awakens, the ghost continues telling his story.

Hailing from a long line of ghosts and of the order, the Phantom tells his family tree as such: His father was a Brownie; his mother was a Fairy. The ghost informs us of the ways of ghosts: Ghosts are required to spend a great deal of money on skulls, crossbones, coloured fire, the fitting of robes, and other expenses.

The ghost mentions that he is subject to the authority of the Knight-Mayor. When the narrator objects that he is not to blame for the ghost's carelessness, the ghost quickly calms down, accepts responsibility for his mistake, and thanks Tibbets for his hospitality. He says a Sprite may be sent instead and gives him advice on how to manage the sprite by rapping him on the knuckles. Phantasmagoria by Lewis Carroll was first published by Macmillan and Co.

Macmillan was also the publisher of the Alice in Wonderland books by Carroll. This may be confusing. Some library records for Phantasmagoria and Other Poems , and other sources concerning that title, provide a list of contents that includes the four poems first published in That is because Macmillan re-used the old title Phantasmagoria and Other Poems for a different collection in and stated on its title page: See Ebook at Project Gutenberg , whose source is the collection.

This collection matches the Rhyme? And here a ghost lays down the rules for ghosts residing in and people accomodating ghosts. It sets up what kinds of ghosts have priority in residents.

There is no real haunting involved. It is a short read and the poetry is interesting. The story line left me a little in the ozone but if you have a little spare time and like Carroll you might enjoy his poetry in this one and even find the little ghost of inte I'm not a great reader of poetry but it does interest me and so I read Phantasmagoria.

The story line left me a little in the ozone but if you have a little spare time and like Carroll you might enjoy his poetry in this one and even find the little ghost of interest. I found this little gem at a garage sale a week before Halloween.

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I approached it with high hopes that synchronicity was at play. The poem "Phantasmagoria" - said to be Carroll's longest - unfortunately was more whimsical than mysterious. I got very little out of the other poems. Illustrations were interesting, but overall, I was disappointed. Understandable why this is not one of Lewis Carroll's better known works. Jan 27, E rated it it was ok Shelves: Had to read this - Lewis Carroll shares my birthday the 27th so I felt I had to read something of his.

I was going to reread one of the Alice books, but decided to branch out. I'd like to say fantastically bizarre, and some of it was, but most of it was just too random to get a grip on.

Phantasmagoria and other poems

Honestly, I didn't enjoy it that much, which was a disappointment. Too odd for me. Not to say that other people won't enjoy it, try it yourself and see what you think. Sep 29, Kerry added it Shelves: And "In Size and Tears" calls out the bean-pole cockblocks of the world. But "A Game of Fives" is eye-rolling in its ageism and sexism--yes, the burden on society and the predatory sexual greed of the unwed woman over age 30 is a scourge upon humanity.

Jul 05, Benja rated it really liked it. A collection of nonsensical poems and riddles by Lewis Carroll, fraught with his typical charm, wit and flair for word play, headed by the titular Phantasmagoria - in which a ghost pays a visit to a potential victim - and including such compositions as ironic shanties A Sea Dirge , ironic romances A Valentine , Melancholetta , the unintelligible The Lang Coortin' and some frightfully witty instructions in the art of poetry Poeta Fit, non Nascitur.

I still think "Hiawatha's Photographing" and "Four Riddles" are my favorites in this collection by Carroll. I am a really big fan of his I have read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland multiple times. This book mixes his wit with some slightly more nonsensical ideas.

I am not very knowledgable about poetry. I did enjoy several of Lewis Carroll's poems. They seemed to run together, and it was hard to tell when one of the poems ended, and an other began. I learned something about the way his poetry was formed. He wrote about the forms of his poems in a few of the ones at the end of the book. While I wasn't crazy about the poem Phantasmagoria, there were quite a few gems spread out in this book. Unfortunately, the way I read poetry and the way Kindle books are laid out do not mix. I didn't enjoy the format and wished I had read this in real book form.

Some poems were good and some were too weird, not all of them worked for me. Lewis Carroll[s poetry is definitely not to everybody's taste. My favorite poem of the bunch is, of course, the first one, 'Phatasmagoria' , it's brilliant and so funny.

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So far I have finished Phantasmagoria and I thoroughly enjoyed it! I have not read any more in the book however and don't know when I will continue. I'm a bit overwhelmed by the number of books I need to read. But will finish it one day. Nov 07, Lyuba rated it liked it. Overall I would rate this collection of poems as good. There are three among the poems that I thought were outstanding because of the humorous, satirical and slightly snobbish tone Lewis Carroll is known for - Melancholetta, A Sea Dirge and A Game of Fives.

There are no discussion topics on this book yet. The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass as well as the poems "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Jabberwocky", all considered to be within the genre of literary nonsense.