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LifeandWorksDylanThomas(1914–1953)borninSwansea,Wales,amountainousandunderdevelopedareatothewestofEnglandWhilestillatschoolhebegantowritepoemsandin1934,hisfirstbookofpoetry,EighteenPoems,waspublishedinLondon.Intheme,thesepoemsandvirtuallyallthatfollowedseemobscurebecausetheycontainelementsofsurrealismandpersonalfantasy.Chapter33DylanThomas
TheintrospectivetendencydisplayedinEighteenPoemsislessapparentinDeathsandEntrancesandInCountrySleep,whicharegenerallyregardedascontaininghisfinestwriting.HisotherworksincludeTwenty-fivePoemsandTheMapofLove,containingbothpoetryandprose.PortraitoftheArtistasaYoungDogisagroupofautobiographicalsketches,andAdventuresintheSkinTradepublishedposthumouslycontainsanunfinishednovelandotherprosepieces.In1950,hebegantomakesuccessfultoursintheUnitedStates,readinghispoems.HebecamelegendaryintheUnitedStates,wherehegavemanylecturesandgainedawideaudience.LifeandWorksChapter33DylanThomas
Anoriginalpoetofgreatpowerandbeauty,DylanThomasisamongthefewmodernpoetsrecognisedbythegeneralpublic.Athisearlyage,hedisplayedanunusualpowerinusingpoeticdictionandimageryforhiscelebrationofnaturalbeauty.Hisrefusaltoallywithanyliterarygroupormovementhasmadeitdifficulttocategorisehimandhiswork.Hewasinfluencedbythemodernsymbolismandsurrealismbutherefusedtofollowtheircreed.However,heisviewedaspartofthemodernismandromanticismmovements.Thomaswasalwaysahighlyindividualstylist.Soundwasasimportantassenseinhispoems—somewouldevensaymoreimportant.Hemadeampleuseofalliteration,assonance,internalrhymeandapproximaterhyme.Hismajorthemewastheunityoflife,thecyclingprocessofli