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Historically speaking, clip is lost poetically speaking,time is regained in the act of visionary creation (Crewe 400). rhyme allows for the capture of a moment in time otherwise lost in the blinking of an eye. British poet Dylan doubting Thomas and American poet E.E. Cummings have both been note for the recurring themes of overtaking of time in their poetry. In Thomas Fern pitchers mound and Cummings anyone lived in a pretty how town, both modern poets apply a juxtaposition of paradoxes to express the irrevocable passage of time and the dismission of innocence attributed to it. While Thomas projects his mature feelings into a nostalgic rank of his childhood, Cummings takes a more detached approach by utter a seemingly trivial, paradoxical story of noone and anyone, which through negation tells a linguistic universal life story. Fern pitcher is a personal account, Thomas nostalgic return to a place where as a child he had spent time with his aunt. Through this sentimental revisit, he comes to realize the inevitable passage of time and a resulting loss of innocence. The poem was actually triggered by his visits to Fern Hill as an adult during a time of war. After Thomass hometown Swansea in Wales was bombed by the Nazi air campaign against Great Britain, Thomas parents moved out to their cottage near the farm of Fernhill. Thomas visits to his parents during the war triggered the memories of the blissful Edenic times when he was young and thoughts of war were still distant (Miller 99). In this poem, he revisits both his own childhood, and ,symbolically, the childhood and prewar innocence of his country. Anyone lived in a pretty how town, is less personal. A love story do trivial through the use of noone and anyone, this poem plays ... ...icking of the social clock becomes around deafening. Works Cited Cox, C.B. Dylan Thomass Fern Hill. The Critical Quarterly. 1 (1959) 134-38. Crewe, J.V. The Poetry of Dylan Thomas. Theoria. Pietermaritzburg, Vol.X XXVIII 1972 65-83. Davidow, Mary C. Journey from Apple Orchard to Swallow Thronged store Fern Hill. English Journal 58 (1969) 78-81. Kidder, Rushworth M. E.E. Cummings An Introduction to the Poetry. tonic York Columbia University Press, 1979. Miller, Tyrus. Essay for Poetry for Students. Gale (1998). Rotella, Guy. Nature, Time, and Transcendence in Cummings after poems. Critical Essays on E.E. Cummings G.K. Hall & Co., 1984. 283-302. Turco, Lewis. Anyone Lived in a attractive How Town. Masterplots II. Wegner, Robert E. The Poetry and Prose of E.E. Cummings. New York Hartcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1965.