1. Poetic Influences in Modern Day
Alisha Limoges
&
Kelsey Sammons

2. About Us… USD Education Majors 21 years old
Elk Point-Jefferson & O'Gorman (Sioux Falls)
Alisha is an English Education and Political Science major and Kelsey is a English Education with Speech Communication minor.

3. Dylan Thomas Welsh born, Oct. 27th 1914- Nov 9th 1953.
Poem and Short Story performer.
Romantic and Modernist writer.
Poems are lyrical in nature.
“Do not go gentle in that good night,” was written for his dying father.

4. Dylan Thomas
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

5. Bob Dylan
Born Robert Allan Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota on May 24th 1941.
Read Dylan Thomas in college and was inspired to use his name for a stage name.
Awarded special citation by Pulitzer Prize because of “lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power."

6. Bob Dylan
May God bless and keep you always May your wishes all come true May you always do for others And let others do for you May you build a ladder to the stars And climb on every rung May you stay forever young May you stay forever young. May you grow up to be righteous May you grow up to be true May you always know the truth And see the lights surrounding you May you always be courageous Stand upright and be strong May you stay forever young May you stay forever young. May your hands always be busy May your feet always be swift May you have a strong foundation When the winds of changes shift May your heart always be joyful And may your song always be sung May you stay forever young May you stay forever young.

7. Compare & Contrast Dylan Thomas Live Joyful Righteous/stars Truth
Bob Dylan
Live
Death
Rage
Joyful
Light
Righteous/stars
Gentle
Truth
Curse/bless
Bless
Don’t look back and regret
How to live life without regrets

8. Poetic Lyrics Wordsworth Rap Video
A reinterpretation of William Wordsworth’s poem, “I wandered lonely as a cloud.”
Where can you find the video’s interpretation of the lyrics? Does it present the same image Wordsworth intended?