Splores of a Halloween, Twenty Years Ago
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Halloween gives a band of young pranksters licence to unsettle their neighbours in Alexander Dick's comic verse. Recalling a celebration twenty years earlier, the speaker follows Jock, Tam and their companions through an evening of smoke, stolen cabbages, noisy windows and angry pursuit. Each household adds a fresh scene, with Hugh raging behind a tied door and Peggie's attempt at revenge catching the wrong passerby.
The poem's rhymes and regional vocabulary carry a quick succession of tricks and quarrels. Its humour rests on the widening gap between the lads' enjoyment and their neighbours' exasperation. A preface dated 1867 explains Dick's decision to publish after a Halloween poetry competition, questioning the judges' emphasis on suitability for a public festival.
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- Author
- Alexander Dick
- Reading time
- About 15 minutes
- Pages
- 13
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Poetry
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- PDF, EPUB, Read online