In Memoriam The flowers left thick at nightfall in the wood This Eastertide call into mind the men, Now far from home, who, with their sweethearts, should Have gathered them and will do never again.
- 6. IV. 15. 1915[40]
Thomas's poems are written in a colloquial style and frequently feature the English countryside. The short poem In Memoriam exemplifies how his poetry blends the themes of war and the countryside.
On 11 November 1985, Thomas was among 16 Great War poets commemorated on a slate stone unveiled in Westminster Abbey's Poet's Corner.[41] The inscription, written by fellow poet Wilfred Owen, reads: "My subject is War, and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity."[42]
Thomas was described by British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes as "the father of us all."[43]
At least nineteen of his poems were set to music by the Gloucester composer Ivor Gurney.[44]
A study centre dedicated to Thomas is located at Petersfield Museum in Hampshire.
