-R. Viswanathan
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| Critic R. Viswanathan from the University of Calicut, India writes about his understanding of Thomas's reference to the Pied Piper of Hamelin in "Fern Hill." He writes that children are tempted "out of grace" by the attraction of adulthood, which is similar to the Pied Piper tempting the children with his music. Viswanathan goes on to examine the last line of the poem, "I sang in my chains like the sea," by connecting the children's imprisonment in the Pied Piper story to the feelings of imprisonment that often overwhelm adulthood. | ||||||||||||
| -"Pied Piper and Children," by Olivia Rayner, 2004. | ||||||||||||
| -"The veiled allusion to the Piper legend helps to underscore the ironic role played by time, first as benign and bounteous and later as cruel and crafty." -R. Viswanathan |
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