Poetic Influences in Modern Day

Alisha Limoges&

Kelsey Sammons

About Us…

USD Education Majors 21 years old Elk Point-Jefferson & O'Gorman (Sioux

Falls) Alisha is an English Education and

Political Science major and Kelsey is a English Education with Speech Communication minor.

Dylan Thomas

Welsh born, Oct. 27th 1914- Nov 9th 1953.

Poem and Short Story performer. Romantic and Modernist writer. Poems are lyrical in nature. “Do not go gentle in that good night,”

was written for his dying father.

Dylan ThomasDo not go gentle into that good night,

Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Bob Dylan

Born Robert Allan Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota on May 24th 1941.

Read Dylan Thomas in college and was inspired to use his name for a stage name.

Awarded special citation by Pulitzer Prize because of “lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power."

Bob Dylan

May God bless and keep you always May your wishes all come trueMay you always do for others And let others do for youMay you build a ladder to the stars And climb on every rungMay you stay forever youngMay you stay forever young.

May you grow up to be righteous May you grow up to be trueMay you always know the truth And see the lights surrounding you

May you always be courageous Stand upright and be strongMay you stay forever youngMay you stay forever young.

May your hands always be busy May your feet always be swiftMay you have a strong foundation When the winds of changes shiftMay your heart always be joyful And may your song always be sungMay you stay forever youngMay you stay forever young.

Compare & Contrast

Dylan Thomaso Deatho Rageo Lighto Gentleo Curse/blesso Don’t look back

and regret

• Bob DylanoLiveoJoyfuloRighteous/starsoTruthoBlessoHow to live life

without regrets

Poetic Lyrics

Wordsworth Rap Video A reinterpretation of William

Wordsworth’s poem, “I wandered lonely as a cloud.”

Where can you find the video’s interpretation of the lyrics? Does it present the same image Wordsworth intended?