19 Most Important Brief Questions of Dylan Thomas
1. Who was Dylan Thomas?
Ans. The greatest of the poets of Wales.
2. What was the full name of Dylan Thomas?
Ans. Dylan Marlais Thomas
3. What made the poet wake up early in the morning on his birthday?
Ans. The calls of the birds and other noises and sounds of nature woke the poet up early in the morning on his birthday.
4. What is the meaning of “The mussel pooled”?
Ans. “The mussel pooled” stands for pools full of mussels, a kind of small fish
5. What is the significance of the expression, “And I rose in rainy autumn”?
Ans. The quoted expression represents that the poet, Dylan Thomas, was born in October which is a month of autumn.
6. What is the underlying significance of “sweet singers”?
Ans. “Sweet singers” means the singing birds in the morning.
7. What do “the gardens of spring and summer” signify?
Ans. “The gardens of spring and summer” express the beautiful glorious world of childhood as re-created by the imagination of the poet.
8. What is the meaning of “tall tales”?
Ans. “Tall tales” means the legends of the poet’s youth.
9. In what way is the poet’s birthday a marvel?
Ans. Because there are two seasons, spring and summer, and two times present at one and the same moment.
10. What does the phrase “The blithe country” stand for?
Ans. “The blithe country” means the spring and summer on the hill.
11. How do the sweet memories of his boyhood come to him?
Ans. Like a shower of rain or a current of water.
12. How is the poet able to achieve self-control?
Ans. When the poet’s nostalgia is over, he returns to the present.
13. What prayer does the poet offer at the end of “Poem in October”?
Ans. At the end of “Poem in October” the poet offers a prayer that in the future he may continue to recall the pleasures of his childhood and that he may continue to hear his heart singing to him of the delights and wonders which he had experienced as a child.
14. How does Dylan Thomas celebrate his birthday?
Ans. By observing the games of water creatures like mussels, herons, and seagulls, by listening to the songs of birds, and by enjoying the beauty of nature.
15. Name some water creatures we find in the poem ‘Poem in October’.
Ans. Mussel, heron, seagull, snail.
16. How is the weather on the hilltop in the poem “Poem in October”.
Ans. On the hilltop, the weather is bright.
17. What does the word ‘rose’ mean in the sentence rose in rainy autumn”?
Ans. The word ‘rose’ means ‘born’. It means that the poet, Dylan Thomas, was born in October which is a month of autumn.
18. What does Dylan Thomas mean by ‘twice told fields of infancy?
Ans. “The twice-told fields of infancy” means the glorious visions and wonders of childhood first lived through and now remembered.
19. What is ‘October Blood”?
Ans. The phrase “October blood” means the red-colored autumnal leaves which have fallen down from the trees.