Dylan Thomas

The Victorians, of course, were influenced by the Romantics, and Romantic poets such as Wordsworth lived long enough to be writing into the Victorian age. However, that being said, Dylan Thomas...

Dylan Thomas’ sensual poem “In the White Giant’s Thigh” is reminiscent of the work of poet D.H. Lawrence in that Thomas interestingly conflates the human body and nature in order to highlight the...

In “The Hunchback In The Park,” the main characteristic associated with the hunchback is freedom—specifically the kind of freedom associated with nature. It’s a gritty, but real freedom. Thus,...

Ultimately, this poem is about understanding love and becoming symbiotic with nature, as symbolized by the "country senses" which augment the five ordinary ones with which each person is imbued....

An analysis of “After the Funeral (In Memory Of Ann Jones)” might best begin with a reading of “Fern Hill,” another poem by Dylan Thomas, in which the poet recalls his early life and vacations...

Characterization is the way in which an author uses description, dialogue, inner motivation, and action in order to shape a character's personality. Comparison is a wide term for rhetorical devices...

"Peaches" and "A Visit to Grandpa's" are the first two stories in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog, a collection which forms a kind of autobiography of the writer's younger years. In them, he...

Based on his most famous poem, "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," I would assume that Thomas would not favor the idea of assisted suicide or euthanasia. In this poem, which is said to be...

This is a pretty general question, but I will try to answer as well as possible using one of Thomas' most famous poems: "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night." First, one must realize that...