Funeral Blues read the poem in memory of Denholm Reynholm, before he is interrupted by the return of Reynholm's son, Douglas. Funeral Blues "Funeral Blues" or "Stop all the clocks" is a poem by W. H. Auden. An early version was published in 1936, but the poem in its final, familiar form was first published in "The Year's Poetry" (London, 1938). The first, and less widely known, version of the poem, written and published in 1936, has five stanzas; the 1938 final version has four. Only the first two stanzas are the same in both versions. The 1936 version was a satiric
The 13 Clocks to infiltrate the castle. At "Xingu"'s interrogation by the Duke, the Duke, who thanks to his spies has been aware of Zorn's identity all along, announces his decision to allow Zorn to court Saralinda. The Duke gives Zorn the task of finding a thousand jewels. However, to prevent Zorn from simply traveling to his father's kingdom, getting the jewels there and returning (which would take 99 days), the Duke only allows him 99 hours to complete the task. To complicate things further, the Duke commands that when Zorn returns, the thirteen irrevocably frozen clocks in the castle must all be