Poem response #1

Do not go gentle into that good night

Dylan Thomas

Do not go gentle into that good night,

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,

Because their words had forked no lightning they

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright

Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,

And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight

Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,

Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

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Do not go gentle in the good night is a poem written by Dylan Thomas. I feel like he is trying to say that when a man grows old, they should resist death to the fullest extent. Meaning that you were given this life for a reason, so dont just waste it. To start off, this poem contains a lot of rhyming words. In every other sentence there is rhyme.  In the first stanza, I noticed that rage was repeated twice. The rhymes that were used in the first stanza kinda created a harmony effect “Night” and “Light”. The second stanza talks about how most old wise people have lost most of their energy, and that they know that they're time is soon. A metaphor that is mentioned in this stanza means that they had not spoken no evil language “Words had forked no lightning”. In the third stanza, the artist talks about the death of the old, wise men, how their deeds in life never amounted to much. I noticed that there is repetition for the word “rage”. And the rhyme between bright and light kinda mixes as they both have similar meanings. In the fourth stanza the artist kinda went from day to night, talking about the beginning and the end. As the very energetic men will have a hard time ending their time. He also uses some word play with blinding sight and blind eyes, as they both have similar meanings. In the last stanza, he talks about his father, how he loves him, hates him, and how he will miss him. He also means that their is no turning back from his fathers death, so when his father dies, he should let it happen, die peacefully, and be yourself.