do not go gentle into thy night
Summary of each stanza
1st Paragraph in ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’, the poet writes about the idea of death, and what dying men should do in their last moments. He does this through the frequent usage of imagery, illustrating to the readers the final moments of various people’s lives, and what they should do in these moments.
2nd Paragraph The writer creates the impression that we should not let death take control over us, and that we should fight even in the very last moments of our lives. This is obvious from how the poet writes, ‘Old age should burn and rage at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.’ From this, we can see that the writer wants us to fight death in its face. The thought of ‘Rage’ and its fury against the ‘dying of the light’ tells us of how we should cling on to every opportunity to live, or die fighting. No one should let life slip easily away from their hands. 3 rd. Paragraph In the next stanza, the writer states that ‘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.’ Through the usage of enjambment, the poet speaks of how even ‘wise men’ who have had little impact on the world, still fight for their lives in the face of death. Once again, he sends out an appeal, probably to his dying father, of the absolute need to take control of death, and even though one knows that death is unavoidable, not let it get away easily.
4th Paragraph In the third stanza, the poet once again brings up another type of men, the ‘Good men’. He states that ‘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.’ The imagery used to create a scene of sunset, representative of the arrival of death, where the souls of these ‘good men’ wave by while ‘crying’ is certainly a sorry sight. Much more when they themselves realize that their ‘deeds’ have been
1st Paragraph in ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’, the poet writes about the idea of death, and what dying men should do in their last moments. He does this through the frequent usage of imagery, illustrating to the readers the final moments of various people’s lives, and what they should do in these moments.
2nd Paragraph The writer creates the impression that we should not let death take control over us, and that we should fight even in the very last moments of our lives. This is obvious from how the poet writes, ‘Old age should burn and rage at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.’ From this, we can see that the writer wants us to fight death in its face. The thought of ‘Rage’ and its fury against the ‘dying of the light’ tells us of how we should cling on to every opportunity to live, or die fighting. No one should let life slip easily away from their hands. 3 rd. Paragraph In the next stanza, the writer states that ‘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.’ Through the usage of enjambment, the poet speaks of how even ‘wise men’ who have had little impact on the world, still fight for their lives in the face of death. Once again, he sends out an appeal, probably to his dying father, of the absolute need to take control of death, and even though one knows that death is unavoidable, not let it get away easily.
4th Paragraph In the third stanza, the poet once again brings up another type of men, the ‘Good men’. He states that ‘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.’ The imagery used to create a scene of sunset, representative of the arrival of death, where the souls of these ‘good men’ wave by while ‘crying’ is certainly a sorry sight. Much more when they themselves realize that their ‘deeds’ have been