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“And death shall have no dominion” is a poem by the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas
. Thomas first composed the poem in 1933, after a friend and fellow poet challenged him to draft some verses on immortality. What resulted was this complex and lyrical poem, which is filled with enigmatic references to the ocean, to madness, and even to cosmic skeletons! Part of what makes the poem so memorable is the title, which Thomas uses as a refrain in the first and last line of each of the poem’s three stanzas. The widespread recognizability of this line has turned it into a common reference in many books, films, songs, and television shows.Read a summary & analysis, an analysis of the speaker, and explanations of important quotes from “And death shall have no dominion.”
