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    Families in Substance Abuse Treatment The Case of 16 year old Dylan September 11‚ 2013 In Dylan’s case he is a sixteen year old adolescent that have been in and out of drug programs and even had to experience being placed in outpatient treatment within the last several years that was unsuccessful. He experience using marijuana at an early age and now is currently using any type of drug including crack cocaine. Dylan is on patrol for selling drugs‚ possession‚ and breaking into

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    Most people are scared of death. It is mostly because of the fear of the unknown. However‚ in Dylan Thomas’s Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night he states that he wants people to fight against death and not give in to the helplessness it brings. When people reach old age and death is approaching quickly‚ they tend to feel regret and helplessness‚ but instead they should rebel against their fate. Thomas brings this to light with his tone and word choice‚ his repetition‚ and the way he refers to

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    Reading through Dylan Thomas’s poem‚ “Do not go gentle into that good Night ” One major them in this poem talks about death and fighting it with all your will. Throughout the work‚ he expresses his need for all men to not go gentle into the good night. It seems that Thomas had a certain fear of death‚ and darkness‚ no matter the age of the individual. Old age should rave and burn at the close of day‚ which shows his desire that death should not come easy but one should fight as long as they can

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    while others conclude you should battle your ending days until the light is ripped from your palms. Dylan Thomas‚ a poet‚ also carries that belief of fighting until that end‚ get the most out of life and use the time you have here on this earth to make you mark and create a legacy. We aren’t here for a long time so make it a good time. Throughout his poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” Dylan Thomas illuminates a sort of neutral-adverse tone by using monosyllabic connotative diction such as

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    were often busy. Both of them work in the healthcare fields and as such worked long‚ irregular hours. This gave me isolation‚ possibly a dangerous factor to work with. Yet‚ without that very isolation‚ I would be missing the most integral part of who Dylan Sreshta is today. Leaving me to my own devices gave me ample time to do anything I wanted to. However‚ with my seemingly endless energy‚ I quickly exhausted that path. The only logical thing was to find a new fix; and that is where my story begins

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    Poetic styles can give an independence to the writer and allow he or she to create somewhat of a dramatic effect and tie seemingly loose ends of a poem. The poem “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas poetic form is a villanelle meaning it has 19 lines which is divided in five-three lines and a 6th stanza with 4 lines. The Villanelle form in the poem creates persistent repetition of the poets message and makes it easy to follow along. At the end of each lines in the poem‚ metaphor

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    “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night‚” by Dylan Thomas speaks of death and how one must fight for their life. Thomas’s use of diction in this poem is a lovely mix of dark as well as positive.The tone set in this poem can be seen as grim or macabre‚ seeing as this poem discusses death. However‚ this poem has a surprisingly optimistic tone as well. The most compelling evidence to support this is‚ “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night‚” and‚ “Rage‚ Rage against the dying of the light‚” (Thomas 1)

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    Mini Biography on Destery Smith (Moore)    Destery Smith (aka Destery Moore) was born on February 19‚ 1991 in Bakersfield CA. From a  young age Destery aspired to be a director in films and now at age 21 he has truly made a  name for himself. He has a love for music‚ video games‚ making his own video’s‚ DJing‚ and  making techno music and with his love for all of these things‚ he has become famous. He  makes youtube videos with his best friend on a channel called DesandNate where they talk  about anything and everything

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    the two prominent poems that need further explanations towards these questions are “Do not go gentle into that good night” by Dylan Thomas and “Love is not all” by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The positions of both authors are very different within their poems from each other though they both spread a good moral towards the reader. In “Do not go gentle into that good night”‚ Dylan Thomas’ stance is to fight against death when it comes at your doorstep. In “Love is not all”‚ Edna St. Vincent Millay’s stance

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    Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas and one about love‚ "I am Trying to Break Your Heart" by Kevin Young‚ I would like to compare the two poems‚ asking the question: How do the authors show them developing their themes? Another question I would like to ask is‚ what are the differences and similarities both poems share when it comes to love versus death? When we start with the first poem I read‚ Do Not Go Into That Gentle Good Night by Dylan Thomas‚ the theme appears in the first and

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