This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word long ton. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: The Avoirdupois or Imperial ton of 2,240 pounds. Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Long ton is the name for the unit called the ton in the avoirdupois or Imperial system of measurements that was used in the United Kingdom and several other Commonwealth countries before metrication.
The Hollow Men Summary. T. S. Eliot. Summary. This poem of emptiness, âThe Hollow Men,â opens with a double epigraph, one from the novelist Joseph Conradâs Heart of Darkness (1902) and one from the traditional childrenâs request for a penny on Guy Fawkes Day, November 5.
Transcript of The Hollow Men T.S. Eliot. Stanza 1. Literary Devices for Stanza 1. First Epigraph: âMistah Kurtz-he dead.â : The speaker alludes to Joseph Conradâs Heart of Darkness. In Heart of Darkness, Kurtz was described as being âhollow to the coreâ and lacking human and moral nature.