Comment on the theme of nostalgia in Dylan Thomas’s poetry

Answer

Or, Discuss Treatment of childhood.
Or, Treatment of the Childhood of Dylan Thomas in his poems.

Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) always returns to the larger philosophical issues of life. He glorifies his childhood in many of his poems. Applying multiple symbols, he recollects his glorious childhood and gives a vivid description of it that enchants the readers and takes them to their childhood. Now we will discuss how Dylan Thomas glorifies his childhood in his poems, 

Treatment of Childhood in “Fern Hill”: “Fern Hill” is the most celebrated poem by Dylan Thomas. In this poem, the poet reminisces about his childhood. We can see that in the first line, which reads “as I was young,” a clear indication of the fact that the poet is talking about the time when he was a child. 

He recreates his childhood by describing the physical surroundings of his memories in detail, such as the “apple boughs”, the “lilting house”, and the “daisies and barley,”. They help the readers to imagine the rural landscape in which the poem is set. This positive and inviting description of his surroundings clearly creates an optimistic image, which underlines the poet’s fond childhood memories. Here, we find him saying,  

“And as I was green and carefree, famous among the barns
About the happy yard and singing.”

The poet also uses very positive words, such as “happy yard” and “it was lovely,” which further underline the fact that the poet is glorifying his childhood. The poet also recreates his happy childhood memories by describing his activities on the farm. He tells us that he was “singing”