... to think about sleepwalkers who stand and move without even thinking of it. To emphasize the dream, Page replaces ski poles by phantom poles, which gives the poem more of an unrealistic feeling to it. Time also becomes a theme in this stanza when we read about "slow monstrous jigging time". This demonstrates the idea that every time a t-bar goes by an arch, it sounds like the ticking noise of a clock. Time imagery continues in the third stanza when the author speaks of "gradients of eternity", which is referring to the never ending slope that is in the hands of an infinite time scheme. A new imagery theme is established as Page explores the way a pair can be created when two people are put side to side on the t-bar. He says "Pass through successive arches, bride and groom" and "newly wed" (initiating the theme of marriage). ...

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