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.
TS Elliot wrote this poem during World War I and something that most comments dont say is that the poet himself is a hollow man.We can conclude this from the first line (\WE are the hollow men).Even though it is not clearly said in the poem but a hollow man can be defined as a man who: -has no vision/purpose in life.