A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London

Thomas, Dylan

Primary Category: Literature / Poetry

Genre: Poem

Chen, Irene
Aull, Felice

Catastrophe
Children
Death and Dying
Grief
Human Worth
Mourning
Religion

A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London

Date of entry: Jan-24-2003

Summary

The author begins by avowing that he would never "mourn the majesty and burning of the child's death." He expresses the utter inadequacy of mere words to describe any child's passing.

Miscellaneous

First published: 1945

Primary Source

The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas

Publisher

New Directions

Place Published

New York

Edition

1971