Fern Hill Poem Analysis

After analysing these two poems we can observe that “Fern Hill” by Dylan Thomas and “Let’s go to Barry Island, Maggie fach” by Idris Davies have many similarities as well as many differences. This can be seen during many occasions throughout both poems.

In both poems the two main themes are people and places. In the poem “Fern Hill” the theme of people is revealed in the first stanza as Dylan Thomas personifies “Time” so that the reader thinks that “time” is a person. Dylan Thomas presents the theme of places for the first time in the title as it states “Fern Hill”. Fern Hill is a farm in Wales. Similarly Idris Davies introduces the theme of places in the title as it says “Let’s go to Barry Island, Maggie fach”. The place that Idris Davies …show more content…
Dylan Thomas presents “time” as a key idea in his poem. Dylan Thomas presents “time” as a person and as an authority figure.This is revealed when it says “Time let me hail and climb”, this indicates that Time has strict control of Dylan Thomas’ life. In the same way Idris Davies refers to time but not as a person. The quotation that highlights that Idris Davies refers to time is “sun goes down”, this shows that the day is ending and time is passing by. Although both poems have reference to time Dylan Thomas refers to time many times whereas Idris Davies refers to time just once.

“Fern Hill” and “Let’s go to Barry Island, Maggie fach” are different as they are both written in different tenses. “Fern Hill” is written in the past tense as Dylan Thomas focuses on the memories he had while being on the farm. Conversely “Let’s go to Barry Island, Maggie fach” is written in the present tense as Idris Davies focuses on the memories that he will have when he goes to Barry …show more content…
The poems also have different views about Wales as they were written in different periods of time. “Fern Hill” is a poem which praises nature and Wales. We can assume that the poet praised everything in the poem because the the poem was written when World War 2 ended and children who were evacuated from the big towns to the countryside were able to return home . On the other hand “Let’s go to Barry Island, Maggie fach” is a poem which shows people's problems in 1926 during the general strike. “Let’s go to Barry Island, Maggie fach” views Wales as a country of solidarity as it states “all sing together”. This also presents Wales as a country of hope as it shows us that during times of trouble people in Wales would gather together and give each other hopes for a better