| Light breaks where no sun shines; Where no sea runs, the waters of the heart Push in their tides; And, broken ghosts with glowworms in their heads, The things of light File through the flesh where no flesh decks the bones. A candle in the thighs Warms youth and seed and burns the seeds of age; Where no seed stirs, The fruit of man unwrinkles in the stars, Bright as a fig; Where no wax is, the candle shows its hairs. Dawn breaks behind the eyes; From poles of skull and toe the windy blood Slides like a sea; Nor fenced, nor staked, the gushers of the sky Spout to the rod Divining in a smile the oil of tears. Night in the sockets rounds, Like some pitch moon, the limit of the globes; Day lights the bone; Where no cold is, the skinning gales unpin The winter's robes; The film of spring is hanging from the lids. Light breaks on secret lots, On tips of thought where thoughts smell in the rain; When logics die, The secret of the soil grows through the eye, And blood jumps in the sun; Above the waste allotments the dawn halts. |
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Dylan Thomas-Light Breaks Where No Sun Shines
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Taking this literally would show the poem to be a wasteland of chaos, almost a hell on earth. The thoughts and ideas represented in the poem allow it to have a surreal feel to it, yet alludes to something there, under the surface in the poem.
Looking within the poem, u can see that this light is a inner light. It is present but not seen, as a figurative ideal, not an object. As it resides within oneself and guides the way when it seems that there is no way out or to proceed from there. The light that shines is simply an instilling idea of hope.
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