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Thomas was of the view that, in poetry, form and subject are inextricable, that the mode of expression is as important as the message. I can see where he's coming from; endless, unvaried iambic metre sends me to sleep, but handled by an exceptional talent, with an ear for language and rhythm that goes beyond mere conformity to rules, one gets the best works of Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley...

Science is bad for my soul, apparently. Lucky I don't have one, then.

Words and the Poet; an appropriate subject for Thomas, despite his self-deprecatory remarks.