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.
Not with a bang but with straw men. Surely the staff of Satire V are good, decent people that work hard to bring laughter into our lives. âIn Defense of the Immigration Ban (First Post)ââthe top piece on their website as of this writingâmakes me think differently, however. It makes me think that the hollow straw men T.S. Eliot describes in âThe Hollow Menâ take over Satire V every once in a while to write vitriol instead of incisive satire.