Question

summary of the poem colonel fazackerley butterworth toast by charles causley

Answer 1

Colonel Fazackerly Butterworth-Toast is a humorous poem written by Charles Causley which describes the failure of a ghost to frighten Colonel Fazackerly in his new castle that he had newly bought. As the Colonel is about to dine, the ghost makes its appearance from the chimney and tries to scare him. He is amused to see the ghost and calls him 'my dear fellow'. He thinks the ghost is going for a fancy dress show. When the ghost, in his anger, tries to move about in and out of the room, he offers him a drink and wants to know how he did it all. The ghosts frustration knows no bounds and his moans fill the entire castle before he listens 'encore' from the Colonel and disappears from there. Colonel still feels undisturbed despite all this and thinks that he can't even call him back as he doesn't even know his name.

Answer 2

This poem is about the interaction of Colonel with a ghost, the ghost in this poem tries to scare Colonel but when the Colonel sees him he asks him if he is going to a fancy dress show, that infuriates the ghost because his purpose was to scare him but he fails miserably. That makes him angrier and he moans in protest and finally disappears, but this makes no difference to Colonel and he thinks to himself that he didn't even ask ghost his name and he cannot call him back.