Question: Discuss the theme of childhood Dylan Thomass poem Fern Hill.

Or, Discuss how Dylan Thomas recreates childhood in Fern Hill.

Or, Fern Hill is a poem aout the reflection Dylan Thomass childhood.
Or, Fern Hill is an auto io!raphical poem. Discuss.
"nswer:
The poem #Fern Hill y Dylan Thomas !i$es us a $i$id idea aout the childhood
memories of the poet. %n his childhood days the poet spent his time in the Fern Hill of his punt
in the #Fern Hill area. "t that time, the poet en&oyed complete lierty in mo$in! to and fro.
Those sweet days of childhood were source of endless &oy. %n this poem, the poet creates a ma!ic
spell o$er childs $ision of the world. This poem emodies a sense pathos at the lose of childhood
memories.
%n those days the poet used to mo$e amon! &oyous thin! that li$e can offer. He used to pass his
childhood time amon! thin!s and persons. The persons were cordial. The thin!s were $ery drear
to him. He had een with his play mates. He en&oyed all the deli!ht of childs fantasies. There
was then the flood of &oy and happiness in the mind of the oy. Dylan Thomas who used to mo$e
throu!h the lances of the farm would deri$e innocent &oy and pleasures. The oy leads carefree
and comfortale life under the apple ou!h. The oy use to disco$er a mysterious sound in the
ou!h. %t seemed to the oy that the ou!hs themsel$es were sin!in! sweet notes son!s.
'ow as % was youn! and easy under the apple ou!hs
"out the littin! house and happy as the !rass was !reen,
The ni!ht ao$e the din!le starry,
Time let me hail and clim
(olden in the heydays of his eyes,
The poet often would wal) thou!h the !rass. *al)in! throu!h the !rass, he would deri$e intense
and pleasure. "ctually the !rass, to the poet, was a symol of youthful ener!y. The days of his
childhood in the Fern Hill were $ery deli!htful louse of the !racious attention and nursin! of
the lap of nature time. Time shaped him and pro$ides him with !olden opportunity to mo$e in the
lap of nature li)e a prince. This is reflected in the followin! lines+
The ni!ht ao$e the din!le starry,
Time let me haid and clim
(olden in the heydays of his eyes,
"nd honoured amon! wa!ons % was prince of the apple towns.
The oy who is now !rown up was once cordially add !ladly e,cepted y the wa!ons dri$ers
erea$e the dri$ers lo$e this oy passen!er. The oy, at that time, would ima!ine himself as a
prince. He felt and elected and deli!hted ein! in the midst of nature. %n his oyhood the oy was
full of ener!y and he had youthful $i!or and $itality. He used to mo$e in the form sin!in! happy
son!, as he enter the fern where his dear home. "t that time, the poet had the warmth of youth his
life was as the !reen !rass. %n his childhood the poet en&oyed the warmth of sunli!ht with full
satisfaction. %n his childhood, in the fern the oy was e,tremely happy it was the !olden period of
his life. The oy played the !ame of Hunts man and hard man when he used to mo$e in the free
)in!dom of nature. He would mo$e as a hunter and as a pherd. He used to en&oy the melodious
sound mode y cal$es. The poet resoluteness himself as a hunter when he runs after the fo,es.
His mo$in! in the forest would ma)e romantic a sound which was actually made y the
murmurin! of the lea$es.
The poet, in his childhood, had a holy mind the -unday was holy day to him. On -unday he used
to hear the sound of the church elt. He would also hear the sounds of the flowin! steams o$er
the peles. The min!led sound would produce serene feelin!s in the mind of the poet. This is
actually a reli!ious touch in the mind of the poet. The poet says+
"nd the -aath ran! slowly
%n the peles of the holy streams.
The poet would mo$e in the farm all day lon! in a &olly mind. He would loo) at the smo)es that
would come out from the chimneys creatin! and pro$in! sweet music sound. He would loo) up
world in the air and use to en&oy the curlin! smo)es. He used to play in the lo$ely and watery
field with the !reen !rass. He would en&oy the story ni!ht.
The poet would sleep at ni!ht in the farm ."t that time fancy hunted him. He was than in his oy
is fantasy. Time lifted him to a !reat world of fantasy. %t seemed to his childish ima!ination that
the farm of his .uaint was ein! carried a way y the owls. %t seemed to the poet that he was in
the fantasy )in!dom. %t seemed to the poet the ni!hts &ars were plyin! with rain and horses were
runnin! .uic)ly in the dar)ness comin! out of the stuy less. "ll these materials were for a oy
to create a myth of childhood. "ctually it was a dream of the poet in his childhood, ecause
e$erythin! is possile in the $ision of a child. -uch $isions may ha$e reality on not.
The fantasy of the ni!ht, when the poet would wo)e up in the mornin!, ecause he would find the
farm in its ori!inal location. The poet would compare the farm to a wonderer who had the hait
room aout durin! the ni!ht and came ac) to its ori!inal places at the down co$ered with dews.
The farm was also thou!ht to ha$e carried ac) y crownin! coc) on his shoulder. %n the mornin!
when the poet would wa)e up whole scene reminded him of the happy atmosphere of "dam and
e$e in the (arden of /den. %n the mornin! the si!ht of the farm was $ery en&oyale to the oy
poet. %n the farm the oy was carefree. He would run heedlessly without any restriction.
The poet is now !rown up the days of his childhood ha$e !one a way. The poet is now chained y
responsiilities. Thin!s ha$e een chan!e a round him. The poet in his !rown up a!e he is tide up
y the rope of duties and responsiilities. 0ut he does not for!et to sin! the !lory of life.
The o$er all tone of the poet in the poem #Fern hill is that of &oy celeratin! childhood
memories. The poet has ideali1ed his childhood. The $oice of the poem is clearly full of
e,crement and rapture. Thou!h there are under tone of decayin! adulthood, the poem opens his
&oy and e,uerance. The poem closes with a note of deep pathos. The poet ends the poem sayin!+
Time held me !reen and dyin!
Thou!h % san! in my chains li)e the sea.