Poem in October

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"Poem in October" is a poem by Dylan Thomas, published in 1946 in his collection Deaths and Entrances. The poem is an ode to innocence and childhood, based on adult recollections. It is noted for its lyrical movement and expressive, visionary, and mystical qualities. The poem reflects on the joys of childhood and its connection to the natural world, as well as the eventual loss of innocence and the realization of mortality.123

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Deaths and Entrances
…collection, “Fern Hill” and “Poem in October,” are expressive, visionary, and mystical odes to innocence and childhood, based on adult recollections. Other poems include “The Conversation of Prayer,” “A Winter’s Tale,” “Ceremony After a Fire Raid,” “Vision and Prayer,” and “A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of…
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…collection, “Fern Hill” and “Poem in October,” are expressive, visionary, and mystical odes to innocence and childhood, based on adult recollections. Other poems include “The Conversation of Prayer,” “A Winter’s Tale,” “Ceremony After a Fire Raid,” “Vision and Prayer,” and “A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of…
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