The hunchback in the park
A solitary mister
Propped between trees and water
From the opening of the garden lock
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I don't know why he did't use vocabulary - this makes no sense
i dont understand a single thing said in this poem i just have to read it for school
Poem is very detailed and contains good vocabulary. A great poem for kids.
I love this poem, its really nice, but kinda hard to understand but great use of vocabulary! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
A partly sympathetic portrait of a lonely, poor hunchback in the park, the of schoolboys' jokes. He is like a dog in a kennel-homeless. I see a man similar to the hunchback near my home, wandering around homeless. He wears old clothes and never imposes on you.
I've just revisited this poem after 45 years. At that time the Slept at night in a dog kennel but nobody chained him up resonated. My English teacher explained to me that this wasn't awesome, or whatever word we were using at the time; it was very sad. Get a good bit more about the sadness now and still love the poem and the dog kennel couplet.
This poem is very detailed. It is very unusual which makes it exciting to read. Obviously this is a sad poem at the same time.
Where Dylan lived as a boy in Swansea UK near to his house was Cwmdonkin Park where a hunchback visited from time to time. I particularly like verse six - the hunchback invoking the lady with the perfect figure, unlike his own.
What can anyone say? There was only one Shakespeare, and only one Dylan Thomas. Shakespeare wrote the words, Thomas made them sing....
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