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Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
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Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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.
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.
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.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on that sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas
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Nicky Supertramp
(11/8/2009 5:36:00 PM) |
A poem urging people to contest against the banal yet inevitable concept of death. When faced with complete nothingness for the rest of eternity what's the point of living a life of nothingness.
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Lewis Neil Is Awsome
(11/4/2009 4:47:00 PM) |
Wow, that was pretty good, but i hear there is this poem called 'Neil is awsome', it was life changing and insperational. Read it and vote it a 10!
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Milica Franchi de Luri
(10/6/2009 11:27:00 PM) |
This type of poem is called a Villanelle; Three line stanzas where the first line of the first stanza and the last line of the first stanza are repeated alternatively in every stanza and must rhyme with each other.The middle line of the first stanza must rhyme with the middle line of every stanza.The last stanza has four lines. The last two lines are the first and the last line of the first stanza. Altogether must be nineteen lines.
It is very difficult form to write in thi form. I wonder if Thomas has written any other Villanelles.
This one is one the most famous Villanelles and very beautiful.
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Arnold Godbert
(5/4/2009 5:52:00 PM) |
This is a particular favourite of mine by Dylan Thomas,
it so reminds me of that very sad December afternoon
in 1970 a fortnight before christmas, when my father was
taken from us, the world had changed forever.
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Kevin Straw
(5/2/2009 5:42:00 AM) |
Great poem, but I prefer Yeats' attitude to old age: 'An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless soul clap its hands and sing for every tatter in its mortal dress.' I hope I clap my hands and sing when my light is dying.
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nothing over
(4/27/2009 11:14:00 PM) |
Great poem, check out my poems too
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Deborah Schuff
(4/22/2009 1:45:00 PM) |
This poem always brings to mind my mother. The two are intertwined and have been from the first time I read this powerful poem.
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Andrew Hoellering
(4/4/2009 8:16:00 PM) |
Dylan Thomas’s most famous poem speaks to and for us all. We want those we love to ‘ rave at close of day’ and not go ‘gentle into that good night’ because it shows they love us as much as we love them.
What continues to amaze after all these years is the originality of the images contained within the three-line stanza, with its alternating refrain.
I know the poem by heart, but when I recite it I change the first line of the last verse to ‘And you my father, alone on the sad height.’
I wonder whether the great Dylan would approve?
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Christina Smith
(3/30/2009 2:13:00 AM) |
such a strong meaning! ! !
If theres no hope at-all just
FIGHT FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE WHEN NO-ONE IS FIGHTING FOR YOU!
your soul can be empty but you still fight and then YOUR ONE DAMN STRONG PERSON! ! ! ! !
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