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  1. The Hunchback in the Park by Dylan Thomas is a tale that examines themes related to youth, age, mankind, and the environment. It draws attention to how kids mock those who are different and how adults steer clear of individuals who are unusual. The fact that the hunchback man can visualize somethingRead more

    The Hunchback in the Park by Dylan Thomas is a tale that examines themes related to youth, age, mankind, and the environment. It draws attention to how kids mock those who are different and how adults steer clear of individuals who are unusual. The fact that the hunchback man can visualize something flawless while admiring nature suggests that mental perfection is more significant than physical beauty. Instead of emphasizing physical appearance, the speaker encourages readers to cherish human life because of the human mind and creativity. The Hunchback in the Park makes readers reevaluate their attitudes towards other people, the environment, and their own brains.

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  1. Dylan Thomas' poem "The Hunchback in the Park" features a distinctive rhyme pattern. The poem is composed of six stanzas, each of which has five lines, and uses the ABABA rhyme pattern. As a result, each stanza's first and third lines rhyme with one another, but the second, fourth, and fifth lines eRead more

    Dylan Thomas’ poem “The Hunchback in the Park” features a distinctive rhyme pattern. The poem is composed of six stanzas, each of which has five lines, and uses the ABABA rhyme pattern. As a result, each stanza’s first and third lines rhyme with one another, but the second, fourth, and fifth lines each have a unique rhyme. This rhyme pattern gives the poetry structure and melody while also serving to emphasize the main ideas and images of the piece.

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  1. The poem sheds light on the sort of treatment given to those with disabilities. Through imagination, the heartbreaking scream of the lonely is captured. As a result, the poem beautifully captures the sadness of a solitary. The Hunchback in the Park Summary

    The poem sheds light on the sort of treatment given to those with disabilities. Through imagination, the heartbreaking scream of the lonely is captured. As a result, the poem beautifully captures the sadness of a solitary.

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  1. Imagery: The use of language to create vivid sensory experiences for the reader. Examples of imagery in the poem include "The fountain breathed and the sentry slept" and "The dew leaves whispered in the air." Metaphor: A figure of speech that compares two things without using "like" or "as." An examRead more

    • Imagery: The use of language to create vivid sensory experiences for the reader. Examples of imagery in the poem include “The fountain breathed and the sentry slept” and “The dew leaves whispered in the air.”

    • Metaphor: A figure of speech that compares two things without using “like” or “as.” An example of metaphor in the poem is “The carved initials remain.”

    • Personification: The attribution of human characteristics to nonhuman objects or ideas. Examples of personification in the poem include “The trees are lopped and the hills” and “The barking coughs of an auctioneer.”

    • Alliteration: The repetition of initial consonant sounds in words that are close together. Examples of alliteration in the poem include “A clown carved the park” and “The hunchback in the park.”

    • Assonance: The repetition of vowel sounds in words that are close together. An example of assonance in the poem is “And the sifting wind / Scarcely talks in the trees.”

    • Enjambment: The continuation of a sentence or phrase from one line of poetry to the next, without pause. Examples of enjambment in the poem include “The fountain breathed and the sentry slept / Serene as eyelids” and “And the whistling of the silence shrilled / High for a dog to hear.”

    • Repetition: The use of the same word or phrase multiple times in a poem for emphasis or effect. Examples of repetition in the poem include “The hunchback in the park” and “The leaves are gathered by the fence.”

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    The poem “A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London” by Dylan Thomas instils themes of Death,  journey of the soul after death, Spirituality, and the cycle of Life and death. It focuses on the child that died by Fire in London. A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in LRead more

    The poem “A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London” by Dylan Thomas instils themes of Death,  journey of the soul after death, Spirituality, and the cycle of Life and death. It focuses on the child that died by Fire in London. A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London Summary

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      The Rhyme scheme of the poem is abcabc. The metre of the poem is accentual, that is the number of stressed and unstressed syllables depending on the length of each line. A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London Summary  

      The Rhyme scheme of the poem is abcabc. The metre of the poem is accentual, that is the number of stressed and unstressed syllables depending on the length of each line. A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London Summary

     

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    The central theme of this poem by Dylan Thomas is the never-ending cycle of Life and Death. This is nature's order and therefore the poet refuses to mourn for the child’s death as he does not want to disrespect nature. The poem also revolves around the idea of Spirituality as the poet mentions in thRead more

    The central theme of this poem by Dylan Thomas is the never-ending cycle of Life and Death. This is nature’s order and therefore the poet refuses to mourn for the child’s death as he does not want to disrespect nature. The poem also revolves around the idea of Spirituality as the poet mentions in the last line, there is no death after the first death, and the child is still alive spiritually. A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London Summary

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    Allusion: There are many allusions used throughout the poem, mostly Biblical references like the crucifixion of Christ, city of Zion, and the temple of Jerusalem in Babylon. Alliteration: two consonant sound placed next to each other in the same line is Alliteration, in this poem the sound of /m/, /Read more

    1. Allusion: There are many allusions used throughout the poem, mostly Biblical references like the crucifixion of Christ, city of Zion, and the temple of Jerusalem in Babylon.

    1. Alliteration: two consonant sound placed next to each other in the same line is Alliteration, in this poem the sound of /m/, /b/, /f/, /l/, and /s/ are repeated in the phrases “mankind making”, “bird beast”, “flower/ fathering”, “last light”, and “salt seed”, respectively.

    1. Irony: The entire poem is an elegy capturing the tragic death of the child, yet the title and last line of stanza three refuses the poem being an elegy.

    1. Enjambment: This device is used throughout the poem but it is most prominent in the first thirteen lines of the poem, where one thought is broken into two stanzas.

    1. Pathetic Fallacy: Poet uses this device in lines four and five of stanza four. The river Thames is attributed with human feelings and emotions.

    1. Metaphor: There are many metaphors used in the poem, some examples are, “mankind making”, “all humbling darkness”, and  “the least valley of sackcloth”.

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