Dylan Thomas-Poetry theme and summery questions

Theme : The main themes of Dylan Thomas' poetry were nostalgia, life, death, and lost innocence. He wrote often about his past as a boy or as a young man. And Wales, and the Welsh landscapes and people, became an integral part of his writing.

After the Funeral : 

Dylan Thomas writes this poem in memory of his beloved aunt Ann Jones after her death.   it's an elegy. 

He starts the poem with the mule praises of the people who are crying artificially on the death of Ann Jones. The poet is feeling disgusted because of these crocodile tears and more over he is feeling angry because they are doing it in his aunt’s funeral. They are shedding tears that they have lost everything. But the poet is saying that there all are just fake and unreal. Moreover, they are happy because they are alive and just attend the funeral for showing off and for the feast. 

Now, poet is talking about his own story. Anyhow he goes asleep and he wakes up by the sound of digging of the grave. He just standing in front of the window, his eyes are like dry leaves, his heart is like a state fern where no emotions, feelings are not working. The death of aunt gives the chance to the poet to face the reality that death is the one and only truth of life and every living thing has to taste the death. √The poet tries to write a poem to give a tribute to his aunt because this is way he is best at. But now the words are stuck in his mind, not coming out through his pen. 

Then he starts memorizing the happy days and moments he passed with his aunt. Those glorious days make him cry, his emotions starts reflecting from his eyes like a wet window. He starts crying. √He starts remembering about his aunt that she was a lady of 70 years old with a golden heart. She was an honest religious lady who enjoys her life by helping every needed person but never shows it. She was so hard working that though her flesh was meek as milk but her hands were scrubbed due to heavy works. Ann was full of politeness with a wild breast. 

In this poem, aunt works as an inspiration for him and the poet finally successful to give her this tribute. He writes this poem in memory of his aunt so that the following generations could know her and her generosity through this poem.

Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night"
 explores the theme of death through the use of metaphor. That "good night" is death, the long sleep associated with darkness and grief. This darkness is juxtaposed with the "light" of life. Dylan Thomas explores the theme of aging along with the theme of death.

A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London 
A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London‘ by Dylan Thomas tells of a speaker’s inability to comprehend the great losses suffered by London during World War II. 

The poem begins with the speaker describing the only point at which he will allow himself to mourn the death of a “child.” This child died in a fire in London, and while it was a sorrowful event, the speaker will not truly feel for her until it is time for him to face his own death. He knows that he will return to the place from which he came, wherever that may be, as will all those who died during the war, and all the time after. Death is equal across all of time and space. 




Questions :
The Force that through the Green Fuse Drives the flowers summery


Religious Elements in Dylan Thomas’s Poetry