On moving to Hartford, Connecticut, to become an insurance executive in 1916, he continued writing poetry. Stevens's poetry dwells upon themes of the imagination, the necessity for aesthetic form, and the belief that the order of art corresponds with an order in nature. Some of Stevens's poems draw upon popular culture, while others poke fun at sophisticated society or soar into an intellectual heaven. Stevens's work is full of surprising insights. The houses are haunted By white night-gowns.
None are green, Or purple with green rings, Or green with yellow rings, Or yellow with blue rings.
None of them are strange, With socks of lace And beaded ceintures. People are not going To dream of baboons and periwinkles. In red weather. Text prepared for The American Revolution - an .HTML project. All rights reserved.