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    Life tends be a cruel and unforgiving mistress. It can leave people battered and it can leave people bruised‚ but it is up to them to press on and stay true to themselves. “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley and “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas both convey the message that despite life’s many difficulties‚ people need to stay strong. Through “Invictus‚” William E. Henley conveys that despite life’s many difficulties‚ they are the only ones who can control who they are.

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    Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night‚” is an insightful poem written by Dylan Thomas. It is a Villanelle‚ a nineteen-line form of poetry. The message Dylan Thomas is trying to communicate through this poem is that the elderly should not be discouraged and feel hopeless due to their age. Thomas seems to think it is not honorable or befitting for a great or interesting man to die quietly in old age and he encourages the reader to think that death is something

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    are. We all die‚ albeit in different ways and circumstances. Death has been portrayed throughout history in many ways. One such way is through poetry and three poems which entertain the thought of death are Ozymandias‚ Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night and Dulce Et Decorum Est. The authors of these poems have used a variety of different poetry techniques in order to convey their view on the theme of death with different degrees of success‚ as will be outlined below. The first technique which

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    At the beginning let’s see what the GOOD LUCK is. For every person the good luck means different thing. For one this is to have a lot of money‚ for other to have a successful marriage or a good health‚ a lot of friends‚ good social esteems‚ relaxed lifestyle‚ bright academic study and etc. On the contrary‚ what the CORRECT DECISION is? Again for every person it has different manner. Taking the right decision can be very critical sometimes or most of the times. It mostly depends on the kind of situation

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    “Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night” is a poem written by Dylan Thomas at the time when his father was at the brink of death. The piece is actually a villanelle where it consist of six stanzas‚ each with three lines except for the sixth stanza which has four lines. The rhymes on the first until fifth stanzas are aba‚ aba‚ aba‚ aba‚ aba. While‚ abaa is the rhyme for the last quatrain stanza. Thomas died a few months after his father‚ it is believed that this poem was written by him especially for

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    Thomas’s “Do not go gentle into that good night” was written in 1952. Clearly this is a poem about growing old and death. Throughout the poem‚ Thomas encourages the reader to think death should be fought rather than surrendered to. At first glance‚ fighting death seems to be the only message conveyed. However‚ when examined closer‚ it becomes obvious that it is also about life and how it is lived. Superficially‚ the poem only seems to plea against giving into the night‚ a metaphor used here for death

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    audience poets write for is an audience that he or she can give hope to or inspire them to do something great. For example: in the poem“Do not go gentle into that good night” Dylan Thomas says that “ Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight‚And learn‚ too late‚ they grieved it on its way‚ Do not go gentle into that good night. This shows that people can try and do the impossible and the sky was the limit but learned that too late and now they live a life of regret and misery but this

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    The speaker of the poem “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” clearly shows us his views on life and death unlike in the first poem who hides it in the crisis faced by the teenagers. His view on life is the same as the speaker on “We Real Cool” Live our lives by doing what we wanted to do. The wise men‚ good men‚ wild men‚ grave men symbolize people who have different lifestyle but still happy until their old age because they are doing what they think they are supposed to do. However‚ on his view

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    confident and strong when hard times come around because anything can happen‚ good or bad. The determination to not give up by enduring pain with suffering is expressed strongly‚ especially to the dying father of the author in Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night by Dylan Thomas. Avoiding death by fighting for life every day is advised‚ instead of giving up easily at the end of the day. "Do not go gentle into that good night" encourages people who experience suffering or struggling to survive. This

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    moments a human could possibly face. Dylan Thomas had expressed his mood and feeling of sadness‚ as Thomas doesn’t want his father to sleep on his deathbed. Thomas had included many messages that touched the heart. “Do not go gentle into that good night‚” (line 1)‚ Thomas opens with suggesting the intensity and power of his family bonds. The speaker believes that his bonds with his father cannot be easily broken down; however‚ when the father got ill and weak‚ he was then breaking the bond. Thomas

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