Eighteen Poems - Dylan Thomas

Advantages: Very deep, some moving poems
Disadvantages: Can take a while to get into it

...have only starred 15 poems on the list in no way indicates that the others aren't worth reading, however I would reccomend these to a reader just starting with Thomas's poetry as I fell they have the strongest themes and ideas and are slightly easier to follow. One of the best things about Dylan Thomas however is that everyone has their own favourites! Themes frequently explored in his poetry are childhood, love and relationships, the passage of time, death, and religion but often there are deeper themes and these only scratch the surface! I have found that it can take a good couple of hours before I have felt that I actually understand a poem to a reasonable extent but don't be put off, it's difficult to get bored with such rich use of language and clever sound and structure and people look at you in amazement if you say you actually... Read review

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Advantages: a brilliant read
Disadvantages: slightly confusing read

...Who was Dylan Thomas? Even today, no one really knows. From his early years of growing up in Swansea in Wales, to his family life; from his beginnings as a writer to his tours of America; from his early days of alcohol abuse to his death in New York in 1953: Dylan Thomas has become an icon for lovers, literature fans and poets. Dylan Thomas has become a cult figure for Welsh travellers of today an inspiration for every young lad heading from Swansea to London, into the new life. But it is Dylan Thomas’s debauched lifestyle that perhaps draws people towards him. In the book The Dylan Thomas Murders, by David N. Thomas, we begin to get an idea of who Dylan Thomas might have been, reimagining the poet without attempting to stick to the known facts. Reading this book, D. Thomas still remains a mystery, but David Thomas’... Read review

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Advantages: All of it
Disadvantages: none

...Dylan Thomas a name that conjurers up pictures in the mind , welshman through and through. His writings a slice of eat it and keep it Cake , always remembered to the last crumb.Like hot buttered toast in front of the fire I remember well finding Under Milk Wood or did it find me all those years ago? Since then it has haunted and teased me, made in Wales, but a universal read, words spoken with truth, A Play , A poem,a book , No matter what form it takes, what kind of media you recieve this gift in , embrace it , kick off your shoes , loosen your cloths, lay by the fire or sit in the sun and let the sleepy tale of sleepy folk embrace and draw you too them. At the end , you will have to take a deep breath and return to normality , but it will always be a part of you!!! forever. 55 characters you will meet in the 24 hours in this sleepy... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful