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We have enjoyed reading short stories for some time now. Here, in this post, you will find the short stories of O'Henry uploaded for your convenience, in case some of you haven't yet had the opportunity to read his works.
We have just read 'Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas' . This poem made familiar by the recent movie 'Interstellar' was not so difficult to understand. However, there is a lot more we can learn about Dylan Thomas himself that will help us develop a perspective of our own when we read the poem again.
(You will also find an interestingly put up timeline that tells us all about his life here and if you would like to view his works , you could do so here . )
Dylan Thomas. Born in 1914 at the start of World War I Dylan Thomas grew up to be a famous Welsh poet best known for his work Under Milk Wood, Do Not Go Gentle into the Good Night and A Child's Christmas. He was only 21 when he became the leading Anglo-Welsh poet of his time. In his poems, Dylan Thomas used words in fresh and exciting ways. He loved the sounds of words, so his poems are great for reading aloud. He wrote about his life, his friends, and about Wales. Some poems are serious, some are funny.
Catch a glimpse of the house where Dylan Thomas was born and lived until his parents moved out in 1937.This was the "…Glamorgan villa…" overlooking the "…long and splendid curving shore…" of Swansea Bay. This is where the subject of the film Edge of Love and author of Under Milk Wood spent his formative years. Dylan's birthplace has now been fully restored to its condition in 1914 when it was bought as a new house by the Thomas family.
Dylan Marlais Thomas was born in Wales on 27 October 1914. His father David John ('DJ') Thomas was an English teacher at Swansea Grammar School. His mother, Florence Williams, was a seamstress, but gave up work to look after her children. The Thomas family had a maid to help with housework.
Dylan's sister, Nancy, was 8 when Dylan was born. The family lived at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive, Swansea. Dylan had several aunts and uncles in the town. Florence spoiled her curly-headed son. If he said he felt ill, she let him off school.
'DJ' and Florence spoke Welsh, but Dylan spoke only English. The first poems he remembered were nursery rhymes. He loved the sounds of words.
Dylan started writing poems when he was 8. In 1925 he went to Swansea Grammar School. His first poem soon appeared in the school magazine. His father was in charge of the magazine!
At school, Dylan was good at English, but sometimes badly behaved. Most of all, he loved writing poetry. In 1927, he got paid for a poem by the Western Mail newspaper.
In 1930 Dylan sent some poems to Robert Graves, a famous poet. Graves liked them. Dylan was encouraged, and wrote many poems while still a teenager.
In 1931 Dylan left school. He got a job as a reporter on the South Wales Evening Post newspaper. He left next year but went on writing reviews of plays and concerts. Dylan enjoyed acting, though other actors were upset if he wrote rude things about them!
Dylan met his friends in a Swansea café, or in a pub. He loved to talk, tell stories, and read his poems aloud. He said poems should be read 'by the ears' and not just 'by the eyes'.
In 1933 he visited London for the first time. First he stayed with his sister and her husband. Then he shared rooms with friends. London was much bigger than Swansea. It was exciting to be in a city with so many writers and artists. Life as a poet
In 1934 Dylan Thomas published his first book of poems, called 18 Poems. He was becoming known as a young poet. More people read his poems, liking how he used words, and how he wrote about Wales.
In 1936, Dylan met Caitlin Macnamara, a dancer. She knew lots of writers and artists. Dylan and Caitlin were married in July 1937.
In 1938 Dylan and Caitlin moved to the small town of Laugharne, in South Wales. Their house was called 'Sea View'. In 1939, their son Llewelyn was born.
In September 1939 World War II began. Dylan was not well enough to be a soldier. When called for army interview, he went into the room looking so ill he was excused. With paper rationed, many publishing firms closed. It was hard to make money from writing. In 1943 Dylan and Caitlin had a daughter, Aeronwy. Times were hard.
During World War II, Dylan wrote scripts for films and for the BBC. The war ended in 1945. Dylan broadcast on BBC Children's Hour about 'Memories of Christmas'. He was writing some of his best poems too.
In 1949 Dylan and Caitlin moved back to Laugharne. Their son Colm was born, but Dylan and Caitlin had many quarrels.
In 1950, Dylan went to America to read his poems and talk to students. He did not like America much. When he met film star Charlie Chaplin, he drove a car across the tennis court!
In 1952 his Collected Poems were published. Dylan's parents also lived in Laugharne. When Dylan's father became ill Dylan wrote a poem to encourage him to get better, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night. It is one of Dylan's most famous poems, it was also one of his last.
In 1953 Dylan went to America for the third time. He arrived just before his 39th birthday. He became very ill.
He enjoyed holidays on his Aunt Ann's farm in Carmarthenshire. Dylan's mother helped him read, and gave him comics. His father read Shakespeare to him.
In 1937 Dylan Thomas made his first radio broadcast, for BBC Wales. He talked about poetry.
Some of Dylan's poems were published in America. He wrote about growing up in stories called Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog.
Their home, The Boat House, is now a Dylan Thomas museum. Dylan wrote in an old shed. He spent most evenings in the town's hotel, with his friends.
Dylan Thomas died in a New York hospital on 9 November 1953.
Find an analysis of the poem Do Not Go Gentle...in the video below.
The poem is structured as a villanelle with a set rhyme scheme but no well-organised meter or fixed number of syllables. A Villanelle is divided into three segments. The first segment is called the introduction. The second is called the development and the third is called the conclusion.
Here is a reading of the poem by the man himself.
And here, you could watch a biography on the poet.
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