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    The poem describes an evening social gathering or "soiree" of the upper class, where guests dress ostentatiously to impress each other and engage in trivial small talk and gossip about other members of high society, all while acting with civility and propriety according to social conventions.

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    A poem about drawing rooms and events involving drawing rooms

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    Drawing Room Poetry

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    The poem describes an evening social gathering or "soiree" of the upper class, where guests dress ostentatiously to impress each other and engage in trivial small talk and gossip about other members of high society, all while acting with civility and propriety according to social conventions.

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    Drawing Room Small Talk: George Goodwin Kilburne's "A Soiree"

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    The poem describes an evening social gathering or "soiree" of the upper class, where guests dress ostentatiously to impress each other and engage in trivial small talk and gossip about other members of high society, all while acting with civility and propriety according to social conventions.

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    Brandon Alfonso

    George Goodwin Kilburnes a soiree

    Drawing room small talk


    Tension, condescension, not to mention pretension
    Everyone was there tonight.
    Invention of this convention a mere misapprehension
    To the hostesses great delight.
    Ostentatiously dressed and meant to impress
    The company was a quaint sight.
    In all respects it was an excess
    Expected to be polite.

    The guest list is exclusive


    And consequently conducive
    To guests of high society.
    The sophisticated nobility
    with the utmost civility
    in accordance with propriety.

    A little soiree with little to say


    The room was full of chatter.
    Sir Darcys pay and the princes stay
    Such a trivial matter.

    Perfume spray and toupees on display


    Servants with compliments on a platter.
    Their scandalous ways and gossip of the day
    It was all calculated to flatter.

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