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Lyric-Scroll 003: Dylan Thomas to Death: One Very Loud Refusal to Die Quietly

Why “Going Gentle” Is for Lamps, Not Legends ABS Believes:Some poems whisper. This one punches.Because going gently is fine for fairy lights—not for fire-hearted poets. The Drama King of Doomsday Literature Dylan Thomas didn’t write poems. He detonated them. He wasn’t content with soft sighs or tragic acceptance—he wanted fireworks, echoes, and a baritone battle […]

7. Blind, Banned, and Brilliant: Milton’s Guide to Being Intense (and Making English Majors Sweat) in Every Century

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By ABS, The Literary ScholarA.K.A. The One Who Believes Milton Probably Dreamed in Iambic Pentameter Meet the Man Who Out-Read His Eyeballs John Milton wasn’t born a poet—he was born a walking encyclopedia with insomnia. Imagine a student who: Read every book in sight (in Latin, Greek, Italian, Hebrew, probably Martian) Wrote essays for fun

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