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Comment 11 of 51, added on April 3rd, 2005 at 6:22 PM.
where better to disguise it than in plain sight? "death shall have no dominion"
Steph from United States
Comment 10 of 51, added on March 31st, 2005 at 8:30 PM.
This poem speaks of how Christianity explains dying
and death. I just sent it to a friend of mine who
had a loved one die after a long illness and I read
it a lot after my Dad passed. Death will cause the
most horrific sadness and despair. It can rip your
heart in two but in Christianity it the body that
dies and the soul lives on in complete joy and peace.
Death (logically) cannot take over us. But we are
only too human and must deal with death in our own
frail ways.
Barbara from United States
Comment 9 of 51, added on March 29th, 2005 at 12:45 PM.
I think that this poem also implies a Christian orthodoxy. It is Christ, who "being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no dominion over him". So, presumably the poem is not only about the Platonic, eternal love but also about Christian beliefs, resurrection, etc.
Meadhall from Poland
Comment 8 of 51, added on March 29th, 2005 at 11:50 AM.
i think this poem is about how people llearn to live and love without death overshadowing it, because death is not the end
femke from Netherlands
Comment 7 of 51, added on March 25th, 2005 at 9:16 AM.
A part of this beautiful poem is also recited by Sean Penn's character in the movie "The weight of water", but this of course doesn't give us any more clues to what Dylan Thomas wanted to say with the poem. I just love it, to me it's a very powerful poem, with qualitys beyond the romantic framework of -Love-. Toni describes that just fine.
The meaning is
b e y o n d
what our minds are able to fully grasp.
sisla from Sweden
Comment 6 of 51, added on February 26th, 2005 at 1:12 AM.
I agree with Rachel, this poem is read in the film Solaris, a very haunting film about the deep pain of loss and the immortality of love beyond matter, space and time-the movie is inspired by the poem-
Mario from United States
Comment 5 of 51, added on February 25th, 2005 at 10:34 PM.
I agree with Toni and yet, in a more expanded way. Death shall have no dominion says it all. What is Death? The affirmation of life. It is nothing more than change, not the end. It has no dominion. Some things change like the weather, some things are eternal like love, and death does not stop us from existing and continuing. He seemed to be conveying the idea that life goes on so don't give up, because even if you do the world keeps on turning, for death has no dominion.
Henry from United States
Comment 4 of 51, added on February 9th, 2005 at 1:32 PM.
I think this poem touches on all aspects of death, but mainly the two major ones.
1) Your own death: Death may control your body, but it will have no dominion over your soul.
2) The death of a loved one: "Though lovers be lost, love shall not." Even if the person is dead, the love that you have for them is not.
As for Thomas disguising a hidden message in this poem, I have no idea. It was written in 1936, so perhaps there's a World War-connection?
Brock from United States
Comment 3 of 51, added on January 22nd, 2005 at 11:12 AM.
I think it means that if you have lost someone whom you haved loved above all else, and that if the only thing left for you is a never ending agony this anguish thrashing may thrust you to a place where you be reunited with you lost love. (Hitting the rock bottom of emotions and wishing they would take you further)
rachel from Australia
Comment 2 of 51, added on December 18th, 2004 at 10:35 PM.
To me it means there is no death. That part of me that is ME, beyond the body, beyond the mind, beyond the emotions, lives on; the body is a shell put on for the experiences of mind, emotions, body. Perhaps it is the Soul.
Toni from United States
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where better to disguise it than in plain sight? "death shall have no dominion"
Steph from United States