Thomas's DEATHS AND ENTRANCES

The puzzling, eponymous poem of Dylan Thomas's fourth volume, Deaths and Entrances, has inspired a broad spectrum of readings. The poem that can perhaps be best understood in the context of other poems such as On a Wedding Anniversary, Ceremony After a Fire Raid, and Among Those Killed in the D...

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Published in:The Explicator 2004-01, Vol.63 (1), p.53-56
Main Author: Weick, George P.
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Deaths
Donne, John (1572-1631)
Metaphor
Poetry
Thomas, Dylan (1914-1953)
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Summary:The puzzling, eponymous poem of Dylan Thomas's fourth volume, Deaths and Entrances, has inspired a broad spectrum of readings. The poem that can perhaps be best understood in the context of other poems such as On a Wedding Anniversary, Ceremony After a Fire Raid, and Among Those Killed in the Dawn Raid Was a Man Aged a Hundred, which similarly set in wartime, portrays grief and human reaction as devastatingly potent.
ISSN:0014-4940
1939-926X
DOI:10.1080/00144940409597259