is pleading and aggressive, he makes it obvious he is upset with his father’s acceptance of death. Thomas uses the comparison with his father’s illness to sleep, metaphorically, as to sleep one’s eyes are closed and usually in darkness. This symbolises the situation in which Dylan Thomas’ father finds himself -vat the point of death, with his eyes closed and no hope of awakening. He also uses comparisons of other people from different walks of life, all fighting to keep death at bay. This sort of…
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