Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas (1946)
The poem describes a childhood memory of the speaker's idyllic summer days spent on Fern Hill, a rural landscape that represents freedom and innocence. The poem explores themes of nostalgia, nature, and the passing of time, as the speaker reflects on the carefree days of youth and the inevitability of adulthood.
By Dylan Thomas · First published 1946 · Genre: Poetry, Pastoral, Lyric · 625 words
First lines
Now as I was young and easy under the apple boughs / About the lilting house and happy as the grass was green, / The night above the dingle starry, / Time let me hail and climb
Golden in the heydays of his eyes, / And honoured among wagons I was prince of the apple towns / And once below a time I lordly had the trees and leaves / Trail with daisies and barley / Down the rivers of the windfall light.
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Dylan Thomas
- Date: 1946 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Poetry, Pastoral, Lyric, Modernist, Elegy
- Length: 625 words
- Structure: 1 section, 17 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Difficult (College Level)
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Genres
- Poetry — The work is structured as a poem, utilizing verse, rhythm, and vivid imagery to convey its themes.
- Pastoral — The poem reflects on rural life and nature, celebrating the beauty and simplicity of the countryside.
- Lyric — The poem expresses personal emotions and reflections, focusing on the speaker's nostalgic memories of youth.
- Modernist — The poem employs modernist techniques such as fragmented imagery and a focus on subjective experience.
Tags
Poem · Autobiographical · Nostalgic · Reflective · Imagistic · Symbolic · Nature-inspired · Coming-of-age · Memories · Childhood · Youth · Loss