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A famous villanelle by Dylan Thomas, urging people to resist the inevitable death with rage and defiance. The poem was inspired by his father's dying and was featured in the movie Interstellar.
- Dylan Thomas
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- Dylan Thomas
A famous poem by Dylan Thomas that urges people to resist the inevitable end of life. The phrase "against the dying of the light" is repeated as a refrain throughout the poem, which has four stanzas for different types of men.
The poem is divided into five stanzas, each of which focuses on a different group of people who should not "go gentle into that good night." The first stanza addresses old men, who should burn and rave against the dying of the light.
It has no title other than its first line, "Do not go gentle into that good night", a line that appears as a refrain throughout the poem along with its other refrain, "Rage, rage against the dying of the light".
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Lyrics. 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...
One should not “go gentle” into the darkness but “rage” against the “dying of the light.” Despite this, the poet acknowledges that death is universal. There’s no way for someone to avoid death forever.
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.
