Dylan Thomas wrote several poems dealing with the problem of death. " A Refusal to Mourn the Deat... more Dylan Thomas wrote several poems dealing with the problem of death. " A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London " is dedicated to a child, victim of bombardment in London during World War II. The objective of this article is to analyse Dylan Thomas's attitude towards death according to this poem, and to compare it to the view of death according to the Christian tradition. In " A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London, " the persona laments the absurdity of a child's death and, contradictorily, refuses to lament this death as if his lament were a profanation of its sacredness. RESUMO Dylan Thomas escreveu vários poemas tratando da morte. " A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London " é dedicado a uma criança, vítima dos bombardeios a Londres na Segunda Guerra Mundial. O objetivo deste artigo é analisar a atitude do poeta diante da morte, conforme se evidencia no poema, e compará-la com a visão sobre a morte e o morrer segundo a tradição cristã. Em " A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London " , o poeta lamenta o absurdo da morte de uma criança e, contraditoriamente, rejeita lamentar essa morte, como se o lamento fosse uma profanação do caráter sagrado desse morrer.
Dylan Thomas wrote several poems dealing with the problem of death. " A Refusal to Mourn the Deat... more Dylan Thomas wrote several poems dealing with the problem of death. " A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London " is dedicated to a child, victim of bombardment in London during World War II. The objective of this article is to analyse Dylan Thomas's attitude towards death according to this poem, and to compare it to the view of death according to the Christian tradition. In " A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London, " the persona laments the absurdity of a child's death and, contradictorily, refuses to lament this death as if his lament were a profanation of its sacredness. RESUMO Dylan Thomas escreveu vários poemas tratando da morte. " A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London " é dedicado a uma criança, vítima dos bombardeios a Londres na Segunda Guerra Mundial. O objetivo deste artigo é analisar a atitude do poeta diante da morte, conforme se evidencia no poema, e compará-la com a visão sobre a morte e o morrer segundo a tradição cristã. Em " A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London " , o poeta lamenta o absurdo da morte de uma criança e, contraditoriamente, rejeita lamentar essa morte, como se o lamento fosse uma profanação do caráter sagrado desse morrer.
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