Dylan Thomas was born at home in the uplands district of Swansea, Wales on October 27,1914. He has been a controversial poet since his first poems appeared in 1933. His work is not easily categorized. He has been described as a surrealist, a primitive, a welsh bard a Dadaist; the list is extensive. The term most frequently attached to Thomas is twentieth-century Romantic. Fern Hill poem is based on Thomas's own childhood vacations spent at Fern Hill, a farm owned by his mother's oldest sister. In "Fern Hill" Thomas present an idyllic picture of childhood filled with vivid imagery.
             In lines 1to 3 Thomas open the poem like storyteller. The word now does not mean at the present time. It is a storyteller's phrase; "now as I was young," advises the listener to hear a story about childhood. The "lilting house" becomes one that is full of joy and song and even the nights are filled with stars, as fits the memories of idyllic childhood. In lines 4 to 10 Thomas uses personification when he introduces time, who grants the child permission to enjoy his days fully. The child becomes the master of all that is around him the word famous "famous" supports the child's sense of being the center of his world.
             In lines 11 to 16 Thomas hints at the nostalgia that will end the poem. Although the child feels that he will be young forever, while even the sun must age, it is he who is only once young. The emphasis on the colors green and golden, with their connotation of young and blessed, recurs throughout the poem. The repetition in huntsman and herdsman reinforces the child's idea of the control that he has over his world. In lines 17 to 23 Thomas recalls the ways in which children view time as moving slowly. Also he presents the reader with a series of images- long sunny days, rich and golden hayfields, sweet melodic air- everything is exagge
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