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Poet: Dylan Thomas
Poem: Poem In October
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Apr 19 2007
Comment 15 of 15, added on May 4th, 2009 at 8:37 PM.
Logan, I must emphatically disagree with your opinion that he mocks religion. In fact, I believe that he praises it in his references to chapels, parables, etc... I get the feeling that Thomas is thanking God to be alive at this point in life. I think perhaps your opinion is biased due to your own religious preferences. I encourage you to be more open-minded. Dylan Thomas praises women waiting til they are married in "On the marriage of a virgin" referencing there to two of Christ's miracles. I don't think a religion bashing poet would do such a thing. Anyways I want to also encourage you to not "hate" on the next generation, I am 18 and like many others who left comments am writing a paper for college on Dylan Thomas. Not every member of my generation is an idiot, and i would bet a fair amount of money on the fact that your generation did indeed have its fair share of idiots as well or uneducated.
Dylan from United States
Comment 14 of 15, added on November 19th, 2008 at 4:03 AM.
Dylan Thomas is one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century and probably all time. This poem is one of his best. It makes me sad to see people discrediting the poem and not understanding it; it's fairly simple. Look at the reverence he provides for nature, look at the way he mocks religion, look at the use of seasons, look at the pattern of movement, look at the different numbers of syllables in each line. It isn't as difficult as you are making it out to be. Also, please learn how to use correct grammar and spelling. If this is how the next generation of the world is educated, we should all be very afraid.
Logan from United Kingdom
Comment 13 of 15, added on April 22nd, 2006 at 3:38 AM.
this poem is sooooo boring.... ok i really dont know if the poem is about a man who is dead and looking back or if he is talking on his 30th b'day! dylan has just made this poem soooo..... confusing and boooring!!
Ricky from Sri Lanka
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Logan, I must emphatically disagree with your opinion that he mocks religion. In fact, I believe that he praises it in his references to chapels, parables, etc... I get the feeling that Thomas is thanking God to be alive at this point in life. I think perhaps your opinion is biased due to your own religious preferences. I encourage you to be more open-minded. Dylan Thomas praises women waiting til they are married in "On the marriage of a virgin" referencing there to two of Christ's miracles. I don't think a religion bashing poet would do such a thing. Anyways I want to also encourage you to not "hate" on the next generation, I am 18 and like many others who left comments am writing a paper for college on Dylan Thomas. Not every member of my generation is an idiot, and i would bet a fair amount of money on the fact that your generation did indeed have its fair share of idiots as well or uneducated.
Dylan from United States