The forest has shrunk And fear has expanded, The forests have dwindled, There are less animals now, less courage and less lightning, less beauty and the moon lies bare, deflowered by force and then abandoned.

Visar Zhiti
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The forests have shrunkAnd fear has expanded,The forests have dwindled,There are less animals now,less courage and less lightning,less beautyand the moon lies bare,deflowered by force andthen abandoned. In this quote from Dylan Thomas' poem "Poem on a Station at Night", the poet is describing a person who has been pushed to the edge of their self-control. The person is on a train, traveling through a forest. They feel as if they are being swallowed up by the woods and become more petrified with every passing minute.

The person compares themselves to a forest that once was full of life and vigor but feels as if it is now being drained of its previous vitality. As the train passes through the forest at night, it exposes the person to strange insects and beings that only exist in the darkness of the forest.

Source: The Condemned Apple: Selected Poetry

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