Thomas's when, Like a Running Grave

Weick discusses one of Dylan Thomas' obscure early poems, When, Like a Running Grave, which tends to be read as presenting a theme of love, particularly in its explicitly erotic manifestations, and death are inextricably connected. Thomas' concerns are somewhat broader and more complex tha...

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Published in:The Explicator 2004-01, Vol.62 (3), p.172-175
Main Author: Weick, George P.
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
British & Irish literature
Literary criticism
Poetry
Poets
Theme
Thomas, Dylan (1914-1953)
Welsh literature
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Summary:Weick discusses one of Dylan Thomas' obscure early poems, When, Like a Running Grave, which tends to be read as presenting a theme of love, particularly in its explicitly erotic manifestations, and death are inextricably connected. Thomas' concerns are somewhat broader and more complex than a simplistic association of love and death. Ultimately however, the thematic pattern involving the poet's shattering recognition of death in the world, his attempt to escape this awareness, and his final acceptance of the inescapable fact of morality, ends on an affirmative note.
ISSN:0014-4940
1939-926X
DOI:10.1080/00144940409597212