Phantasmagoria and Other Poems is a splendid collection of poems written by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, pen named Lewis Carroll. It was Carroll's longest poem published in 1869, divided into seven Cantons, illustrated by A. B. Frost. Carroll has written a supernatural amazing poem, in his narrative he shows interaction between Phantom ( a ghost) and a man Tibbets. Author expresses that on a winter night while he returned home he felt surprising presence of someone else that was a white, wavy gloomy appearance of a ghost. Carroll says ghosts are not unlike humans. Like humans they follow hierarchy, do jobs to haunt. They live in society and follow the social rules, violation means sufferings. As men fear to dark they also fear. They live in gloomy and dark environment and they fear from light. In the end, ghost realized he came in wrong house, so he left in a friendly way shaking hands. Some other pleasing and appreciating poems are-The Sea Dirge, A Game of Fives, Poeta Fit, Non Nascitur, Fame's Funny Trumpet, Hiawatha's Photographing, A Valentine, Hunting of the Snark etc.
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was an English author and poet but he is popularly known by his pen name Lewis Carroll. He was born on 27 January 1832 in a high reputated conservative anglican family in England. He studied at Christ Church and University of Oxford. He was a well known mathematician also. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is one of the most admired classic fiction novel in English Literature, published in 1865. Author's creation is unforgettable, seeing the popularity among children, he has written it's sequel 'Through out the Looking Glass' in 1871. His another remarkable writing works are-The Hunting of the Snark, The Rectory Umbrella, Sylvie and Bruno, etc. He was died in 1898.
