The Hunchback In The Park
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Dylan Thomas
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The Hunchback In The Park
By Dylan Thomas (1914-53)
The hunchback in the park
A solitary mister
Propped between trees and water
From the opening of the garden lock
That lets the trees and water enter
Until the Sunday sombre bell at dark
Eating bread from a newspaper
Drinking water from the chained cup
That the children filled with gravel
In the fountain basin where I sailed my ship
Slept at night...
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Summary
Dylan Thomas’s poem “The Hunchback in the Park” tells the story of a lonely, deformed man who spends his days and nights in a public park. The poem is based on the poet’s childhood memories of seeing a real hunchback in Swansea Park.
In the first stanza, the poet describes the hunchback as a “solitary mister,” a lonely man sitting between trees and water from morning until evening. He li...
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