The Force that through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower

Poetry | Dylan Thomas

What is your idea of the hungry Life Force in the poem “The Force that through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower”

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What is your idea of the hungry Life Force in the poem The Force that through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower The force that is illustrated by Dylan Thomas - in his poem The Force that through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower is the powerful force that runs the whole universe including man This force is responsible for the creation and destruction It occurs not only in humans but also in animals and vegetables Dylan Thomas says The force that through the green fuse drives the flower Drives my green age that blasts the roots of trees At a glance this force may seem like God But Dylan Thomas never feels so He never attributes any divine character throughout the poem Critics say this force may be the Life Force of G B Shaw Again they explain that this force may be the sexual urge It helps to

drive forward the universal circle Sexual urge is a powerful and supreme source of nature and the human body Dylan Thomas illustrated the life force as a mechanical process by using the word Fuse in the very opening line of the poem

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