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Shaun Carland

Poetic Elements: 1. “A goose's quill has put an end to murder”. A goose’s quill can only be used to write, it can’t end murder. However, this example of personification means much more. I think that this personification has to relate with treaties. A treaty, although it is nothing more than a piece of paper physically, it can mean the world to many people. The signature of a treaty, by a goose’s quill, can cause the end of murder. It is used to convey how strong a signature is and emphasize its power.

2. “A hand rules pity as a hand rules heaven” This would happen to be a simile. This simile is meant to show, in my opinion, that there isn’t right or wrong. There isn’t defined good or badness in this world. The same person, who controls goodness, is like the same person who controls badness in our world and many people forget that. I think that it was a good way to shift the reader’s opinion at the very end.

3. “The hand that signed the treaty bred a fever”. This is even more personification. I think that it means that the people who signed the treaty caused so much more trouble than goodness. I also believe that the poet tried to wrap things up in a bang, and this happened to do it. It works with the beginning personification.


I believe that this poem is used in the context of someone observing the event. Why? The poem goes from the perspective of the kings, to the perspective of the people, and the perspective of the country as a whole. The poem talks about how strong a treaty is, through personification, even though it is simply just a piece of paper that someone writes. I think that I can definitely relate to what they are saying. I feel like sometimes something so small, physically, can be something so strong. I am small compared to the thousands of people who live in this world, but I have the potential to do ANYTHING.

What does Dylan Thomas’s The Hand Signed the Paper really mean? The poem refers to a number of possible things. Throughout the poem, terms and words are used commonly, but what do these all mean? The answer? Dylan Thomas’s The Hand That Signed the Paper is a reference to treaties.

Disaster is a big theme in the poem. Throughout the poem, disaster examples are given in many ways. It mentions how the hand that signed the treaty bred a fever, and how locust came and attacked the people. I think that the reference to these disasters has to do with the negative side affects of treaties.

Along with disaster, the poem shows many examples of the good things that treaties can do. The poem talks about the good things that treaties can do for us. One of the lines “A goose’s quill has put an end to murder” refers to this. This refers to how the intention of treaties are good, but they are not always backed up.