Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, By Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas was born on October 27, 1914. At 16 he left school and became a journalist. The publication of “Light breaks Where no sun Shines” caught the attention of the literary world. In 1937 he married Caitlin Macnamara. He was a popular poet in his time, but he found it difficult to earn a living as a writer. In 1950 he traveled to America. In During his fourth trip to America, he became gravely ill and fell into a coma. He died on November 9, 1953. He is buried at Saint Martin’s Church in the United Kingdom.
“Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night” is a villanelle. It is a 19-line poem. There are two rhymes throughout, consisting of three line verses followed by a four-line verse. The first and third lines rhyme with each other and the 2nd lines always rhyme.
There is no way to know for sure if they have left their mark on the world. They should strive to be remembered. It is said that they should only leave the world screaming and fighting, furious they must die. At the end of the poem, it is revealed that the speaker’s father is dying. In “Do Not go Gentle into That Good Night,” there are several metaphors. In the poem, it states “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” Metaphorically speaking, the light is the life of someone. In this case, it is Dylan’s father. The dying of the light is sunset. The darkness is the afterlife or the void. The Sun’s journey across the sky is a metaphor for someone’s life