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Sample Poetry Project

Sample Poetry Project. Lines from “Fern Hill” by Dylan Thomas. Poem is about:. Someone reminsicing about their childhood. They describe spending time on a farm, and the beauty and freedom of the life of a child. . Lines from the end of “Fern Hill”.

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Sample Poetry Project

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  1. Sample Poetry Project Lines from “Fern Hill” by Dylan Thomas

  2. Poem is about: Someone reminsicing about their childhood. They describe spending time on a farm, and the beauty and freedom of the life of a child.

  3. Lines from the end of “Fern Hill” Under the new made clouds and happy as the heart was long, In the sun born over and over, I ran my heedless ways, My wishes raced through the house high hayAnd nothing I cared, at my sky blue trades, that time allowsIn all his tuneful turning so few and such morning songs Before the children green and golden Follow him out of grace,Nothing I cared, in the lamb white days, that time would take meUp to the swallow thronged loft by the shadow of my hand, In the moon that is always rising, Nor that riding to sleep I should hear him fly with the high fieldsAnd wake to the farm forever fled from the childless land.Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means, Time held me green and dying Though I sang in my chains like the sea.

  4. Literary Elements Poem has a pastoral theme- 'pastoral' refers to rural subjects and aspects of life in the countryside among shepherds, cowherds and other farm workers that are often romanticized and depicted in a highly unrealistic manner.

  5. Personification “My wishes raced through the house high hay” Wishes are “racing around” like a child would in excitement. “Time held me green and dying, Though I sang in my chains like the sea.” Time is described as a person, holding the child in his arms.

  6. Alliteration “house high hay” “green and golden Follow him out of grace” “farm forever fled”

  7. Allusion “it was Adam and maiden, The sky gathered again And the sun grew round that very day. “ Alludes to the Bible, when Adam and Eve were the first two people on earth.

  8. Style/ Structure Poem has occasional rhymes, but is mostly free verse. It has 6 stanzas of 9 lines each.

  9. Tone The tone created by the author is one of happiness and regret. The descriptions of the farm and nature provide the beautiful, tranquil images that evoke peace and happiness. The references to time passing and death coming ever nearer create a tone of sadness and regret that it is an inevitable part of the life process.

  10. Why did I pick this poem? This poem first struck me in high school. Dylan Thomas is one of my favorite poets because of the beauty of his words. They strike a chord with me. I like this particular poem because it reminds me of happy times in childhood and that we should never take life for granted. Life always hold us “green and dying, though I sang in my chains like the sea.”

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