Thomas' Sensual Poetry Is Studied
A sensual understanding of Dylan Thomas' poetry was emphasized yesterday during the SUA Poetry Hour held in the Kansas Union.
"Just don't fight him," Natalie Calderwood, associate professor of English, said, commenting on the Welsh poet in between her reading of his poetry.
"Respond with your senses as well as your mind," she said.
Mrs. Calderwood explained that the reader would be wrong in thinking Thomas undisciplined.
THE ADVICE was given to aid understanding poetry, such as Thomas', which is filled with imagery and symbolism.
The unity of man and nature and the unity of contrary forces was depicted in the poem "The Forces that Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower."
VISIONS OF death, life, nature, youth, and love were principal subjects reoccurring in his poetry.
"He is a controlled poet, using all verse forms," she said. "He is a deeply religious poet, but not in the conventional way," she explained.
Man's natural resistance to death was brought out in "Do Not Go Gentle into that Grave Night," as Thomas gives advice to his dying father.
MRS. CALDERWOOD noted the recurring symbols of green and birds, especially the heron. The heron, she said, is associated with holiness and green is symbolic of youth.
Thomas accepts nature and the fact that "some kill and some die," she said in "Over Sir John's Hill."
She closed the session with the reading of "Fern Hill."
OTHER POEMS read included "A Refusal To Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London," "In Memory of Ann Jones," "Poem on His Birthday," "The Hunchback in the Park" and "Poem in October."
Squirrel Killed
The squirrel that ran across a transformer yesterday at 11:30 am. ended not only his life but also 13 minutes of electrical power in West Hills and the residence halls at 15th and Iowa St.
The Kansas Power and Light Co. was doing hot line work, according to a company official.
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Daily Kansan Friday, October 22, 1965
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