Thomas is regard as a modern writer, but not many critics agree about what kind of poetry he wrote. He has been described as a surrealist, a primitive, a Welsh bard, and a metaphysical poet. He is most commonly called a twentieth-century Romantic as death and the afterlife intrigued him. However, he was not surrounded by death as he was growing up. On the contrary, "He was pretty, he was spoiled, and he was the …showed first 75 words of 1633 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1633 total…Have No Dominion," "Fern Hill," and "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night." Works Cited Ferris, Paul. Dylan Thomas: A Biography. New York: The Dial, 1977. Korg, Jacob. Dylan Thomas: Updated Edition. New York: Twayne, 1992. Sinclair, Andrew. Dylan Thomas: No Man More Magical. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975. Thomas, Dylan. Master Plots II. Ed. Frank N. Magill. Vol. 1. Pasedena: Salem, 1992. Tremlett, George. Dylan Thomas: In the Mercy of His Means. New York: St. Martin's, 1991.