Although Bob Dylan was born well after Dylan Thomas there many that believe his performing name was based after Dylan Thomas. Both of the Dylan's included a lot of their personal psychological, and faith based beliefs within their artwork.  As you can see by comparing the Dylan Thomas poem Death Shall have no Domain and Bob Dylan's song Death is not the End you can see that both of them are fascinated with death and what fallow. Both of these poems offer a slow, almost depressing tone that brings us, in the end, to an uplifting message. Within both of the Dylan's poems they use alliteration in these to bring about a catchy rhythm that sucks us deeper into their poetry. Another commonality between these two is the fact that the titles are repeated in every stanza. This use of repetition ingrains the image into our brains making sure that making sure that no matter how low the tone gets we will not forget these uplifting lines which show us an insight that they both had religious ideals. As you read through both of these you begin to see how both of them seem to downplay the here and now and glorify death, which gives us the idea that both of them did not live life the here and now.

         Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas are very alike in their poetry, but they have a lot more in common then meets the eye. Both Dylan Thomas and Bob Dylan dropped out of school and eventually made their way to Greenwich Village, New York to fulfill their dreams. One thing they both share is that they were both known as rockers in their respected genres.  Dylan Thomas was often referred to as the Rock'n Roll poet of his time because of they way he wrote his work and Bob Dylan was known for creating Rock Folk music. With all of these similarities it is even more obvious that Bob Dylan took his stage name from the great Dylan Thomas.