in October he takes a morning walk to the Welsh countryside on his thirtieth birthday As he walks he enjoys the early morning nature of the harbour and neighbour wood He walks in the Autumn rain The rain is showering down on him and bringing back his memories As he writes I rose In rainy autumn And walked abroad in a shower of all my days The poet climbs a hill Suddenly the weather changes He sees bright summer-like sunlight The warm light brings back his childhood memories when he walked with his mother He writes And I saw a child's Forgotten mornings when he walked with his mother Hence beautiful nature reminds the poet of his childhood joy This theme of deep human emotions is a quality of modern poetry Use of Free Form Modern poets do not often follow a strict poetic structure They experiment with the form and structure We find this in Poem in October Thomas wrote this poem in free blank verse It means the poem does not have a rhyme scheme or consistent meter The poem does however follow a pattern of changing line lengths Each stanza pulses from longer lines to shorter ones and back again This high and low pattern looks like the countryside hills This pattern also creates a musical rhythm Rich Imagery Modern poets use rich imagery in their poems Thomas s Poem in October is full of wonderful images As he walks we find beautiful images from nature He describes the harbour and neighbour wood He hears the knock of sailing boats at the shore He also describes his childhood memories through nature images When he was a boy he spoke To the trees and the stones and the fish in the tide This image suggests he felt deep joy in nature in his childhood This richness of imagery is a key feature of his modern style Mix of Reality and Imagination In modern poetry imagination is as important as reality Thomas often blends the two In Poem in October the real walk through the town becomes a journey back into childhood For example the poet walks on an Autumn morning On the hill the weather changes suddenly The sun of October suddenly becomes summery He goes back to the childhood summer when he walked with his mother The readers also move with the poet between the natural world and the world of memory We find another beautiful imagination when the poet sees the faraway church at the seashore from that hilltop He imagines the tiny church as a snail on the seashore This blend of reality and imagination is a key style of the modern poets In fine Dylan Thomas shows many qualities of a modern poet His poetry is full of deep human emotions and rich imagery His poetry is fresh musical and full of life Through works like Poem in October he shows that modern poetry can be deeply personal yet timeless