How does the writer involve us in his imaginative journey?
             Dylan Thomas, the writer of the play Under Milk Wood, takes his reader on an imaginative journey through a town at nighttime. From this journey, the reader is able to speculate and visualize the town in their minds, and experiences the lives of the town's people. Thomas uses many language techniques to create a metaphorical and powerful description, as well as to engage the reader.
             The play starts by informing the reader that it is a 'moonless night in the small town', so the image is locked into the reader's mind straightaway. Thomas then uses a repetition of black: 'bible-black', 'sloeblack', 'black, 'crowblack', which reinforces and emphasizes the theme of nighttime in the play. The repetition of 'it is night' also reminds the reader of nighttime. Thomas uses portmanteau words, such as 'fishingboat-bobbing sea', as an attempt to create a more vivid description. The second stanza begins with the word 'hush', which addresses and engages the reader. Thomas then introduces the town's people to the reader, which are packed together in one long sentence. This creates an image of the variety of people who make up the population of the town. Thomas uses soft affectionate words in his description: 'young girls lie bedded soft or glide in their dreams', which illustrates a sense of warmth and loving feeling. The writer also plays on words, such as 'bucking ranches', which adds a sense of humour to the play. Thomas presents an image of a very ordered and structured town: 'the horses sleep in the fields, and the cow in the byres, and the dogs in the wetnosed yards'. It seems that every thing in the town is well organized.
             The third stanza also starts by addressing the reader with 'you can hear'. This opening is almost the s
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