Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night And Ozymandias
Death is a constant theme throughout a chunk of many poems throughout the poem world. Three poems that show and relate to death are: Dulce et Decorum Est, Do not go gentle into that good night and finally Ozymandias. These all show extreme relations to death and show many poetic techniques throughout the different poems. Dulce et Decorum Est was written at the time of World War 1 and uses examples of what the men experienced through the time of the war. Do not go gentle into that good night is a poem about a young boy’s father who is fighting for survival. He writes to encourage his father not to give in (go gentle into that good night) but to fight the battle (rage, rage). Finally, Ozymandias relates to death by explaining what the word means.
…show more content…
The sonnet is known as a villanelle which is a 19 line poetic form which consists of five tercets followed by a quatrain. Do not go gentle into that good night means those, who actually live their lives out, could better see how life has been bright for them before going towards sleep (death). Thomas uses techniques such as metaphors, alliteration, symbols, hyperbole, personification, and setting to relate to the theme of death. One of the symbols in the poem is “light” which symbolises life and helps get the point across by the statement “dying of the light”. Another symbol is "good night" which relates to death, with a deliberate pun on saying good night and the idea that death is the right or "good" thing at the end of life. Thomas talks about “do not go gentle into that good night” which brings out the theme of death and how we shouldn’t go gentle into death but instead “rage, rage against the dying of the light”. This is explaining that we shouldn’t just accept our fate of death but rather try our hardest to fight it. For example, Thomas wrote this when he was upset about his father, suffering from cancer and telling him to fight through it. This shows us that it relates to death because of how and why it was written. The last poem that uses techniques to relate to the theme of death is,
The sonnet is known as a villanelle which is a 19 line poetic form which consists of five tercets followed by a quatrain. Do not go gentle into that good night means those, who actually live their lives out, could better see how life has been bright for them before going towards sleep (death). Thomas uses techniques such as metaphors, alliteration, symbols, hyperbole, personification, and setting to relate to the theme of death. One of the symbols in the poem is “light” which symbolises life and helps get the point across by the statement “dying of the light”. Another symbol is "good night" which relates to death, with a deliberate pun on saying good night and the idea that death is the right or "good" thing at the end of life. Thomas talks about “do not go gentle into that good night” which brings out the theme of death and how we shouldn’t go gentle into death but instead “rage, rage against the dying of the light”. This is explaining that we shouldn’t just accept our fate of death but rather try our hardest to fight it. For example, Thomas wrote this when he was upset about his father, suffering from cancer and telling him to fight through it. This shows us that it relates to death because of how and why it was written. The last poem that uses techniques to relate to the theme of death is,