Fern Hill
Thomas's nostalgic lyric celebrates childhood's timeless joy. Through 'Time held me green and dying / Though I sang in my chains like the sea,' it explores childhood, time, loss, and mortality beneath joy. The poem meditates on innocence and time.
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