The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower Group at eNotes

You might be able to find the poem at the Poets & Writers web site....

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:11:59 PST

You might be able to find the poem at the Poets & Writers web site. John Barth used that line as a title for an article he wrote for that journal. In the article, he discusses the work of other writers, including Dylan Thomas. I've pasted a link to that article below.

I couldn't find this line in any Dylan Thomas poems, however I did find...

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:55:27 PST

I couldn't find this line in any Dylan Thomas poems, however I did find this reference from a book of Dylan Thomas radio broadcast transcripts, from Thomas reading from the story "The Crumbs of One Man's Year": Once, indeed, I wrote a poem with a friend that began: "All trees are oaks, except for fir-trees". The poem had continued, "All birds are robins, except crows, or rooks." I don't know if this poem was every actually written or if...

From which Dylan Thomas poem does the line "All trees are oak...

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:45:06 PST

From which Dylan Thomas poem does the line "All trees are oak trees, except pine trees," come from?

The poem in its entirety should be considered as the cyclical nature of...

Fri, 5 Oct 2007 08:47:11 PST

The poem in its entirety should be considered as the cyclical nature of life and death. Had we (or anything) never been alive, it would not ever die, obviously. While both "forces" are present, the power of the destructive often appears to be the stronger, for death always ends life. Still, the price paid is worth it. For me, Thomas' poem is not morbid, just a recogition of the reality of death, a reminder of life's brevity...

Symbolism in Thomas' "Force That Drives..."

Thu, 4 Oct 2007 06:04:24 PST

Some of the best uses of symbolism:

• “Red blood” is homogenous to “green age” from the first stanza – they both represent life and vivacity.
• The speaker can be referring to a ship where the “shroud” is one of the ropes that support a ship’s mast; in this case the “hand’s” power is demonstrated as it controls the ship’s course.

This website has even more about the...