Go gentle into that good night6/29/2023 ![]() Written about the death of Thomas’s own father, the poem was completed not long before Dylan himself would die, aged just 39, in 1953. Which statement best describes the effect of the repetition of 'men' preceded by an adjective A- It reinforces the idea that all people, not just the speakers father, should fight against death. Hear Thomas reading ‘Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night’ here. Perhaps Dylan Thomas’s greatest poem?įew ‘ birthday poems‘ have taken the concept quite so literally as Dylan Thomas. ![]() ![]() In this longer poem, Thomas returns literally to his origins or birth, reimagining the womblike oceanic forces which gave rise to him. Written when Thomas was in his mid-thirties (‘driftwood thirty-fifth wind turned age’), it’s a meditation on getting older as much as it is about being born.Īnother birthday poem, ‘Poem in October’ was written in 1944 when Thomas turned 30. The poem celebrates his walks in Laugharne, a small Welsh town where Thomas and his wife settled following their marriage in 1937. Listen to a 1945 recording of Thomas reading ‘Poem in October’ here. ![]() If you enjoyed this pick of the finest Dylan Thomas poems, check out more great poetry with the best poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins. ![]()
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