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Do not go gentle into that good night

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(idea) by hyacinth gurl (1.4 wk) (print)   ?   3 C!s Tue Nov 21 2000 at 8:04:22

A poem by Dylan Thomas written to his father to fight against death: "Do not go gentle into that good night". It consists of both soft melodious tones and harsh tones to contrast between life and death.

Wise Men are philosophers who rage against death because they don't know if they're right on their philosophies therefore they must live until they are proven right. Also since their "words have forked no lightning", they want their philosophies to make a difference, an impact and they want to see the day that it does. So they "rage against the dying of the light".

Good Men are men who do good, puritans who never sin. They have certain beliefs and they rage against death because they might have "danced in the green bay", they would lose potential of doing that if they died. The ocean is a symbol for timelessness.

Wild Men are men who are opposite to the good men. They are hedonists, they did dance in the "green bay". And because they've had so much fun they do not want to die.

Grave Men are men who understand death but are not willing to accept it. They are burdened with this understanding of death. Poets are under the category of grave men. They see with "blinding site" (ie. Milton)

"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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Dylan Thomas Christians don't believe that "being good" gets anyone into Heaven Lazarus Long villanelle
Last night I could not sleep because of the noise in my head The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past Rage, rage against the dying of the light
Have you found Jesus? Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned when immunity is a bad thing A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
And Death shall have no Dominion She Walks in Beauty The world breaks everyone Helping your kid brother die
British and Irish Poetry Ozymandias Feminine Deodorant Spray Maybe they heard you scream.
Timothy Leary Nothing lasts forever skies without stars New Coke
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