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“Do not go gentle into that good night.Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
Inspired by the fabulous movie Interstellar, I read the whole poem. It was likeable.
"Do not go gentle into that good night" is a poem in the form of a villanelle by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914–1953); it has been described as his most famous work. Though first published in the journal Botteghe Oscure in 1951, the poem was written in 1947 while Thomas visited Florence with his family. 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 h...
Do not go gentle into that good nightDylan Thomas - 1914-1953What an intense piece of writing. Wow!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 theyDo not go gentle into that good night.Good men, the last wave by, crying how brightTheir frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,Rage, rage against the dying of the light.Wild...
This is one of those uber-classic poems that I think everyone should know, even if they already HAVE known it. In one way or another. :)Rage, Rage, against the dying of the light!Okay, yes, I know the poem is ACTUALLY about his father's blindness, but damn... I prefer to read it as the fight to LIVE! LIVE!!!!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mRec...As a side note, this is a very fun poem to teach my little girl. Reading CAN be fun. Especially when you PERFORM it. And Rage! Rage a lot! Ah, 7-year...
Beautiful
One of my favorite poems. Poignant, lyrical, beautiful.
I really enjoyed this. :)
A powerful poem, one which you might recognise some of its verses recited in the movie Interstellar. Written to his blind and dying father, Dylan Thomas put much emphasis on encouraging him to fight for life. The poem introduces four types of men who might be approaching death: wise men, good men, wild men and grave men. Regardless of how one portrays him or herself, the poet believed we would not want to leave this life without putting on a good fight.
bc of this now i have to make a poem of my own in my lit class 😑
Magnificent.
This is a very emotional and passionate poem. The feelings of Dylan Thomas would rush forth very vividly from the beautiful writing towards the readers. He was greatly admired for being able to use the villanelle, which was meant for the French language, in English. Indeed, he effectively utilized this poetic tool to his advantage—Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night was meticulously and perfectly crafted into poetry that bursts with emotion. It was painful, sad, and it offered a different pers...
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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. Isn’t it so powerful and inspiring? Can you not feel the power of the message? It’s a simple one, one we should all heed. Do not go gentle, do not go easy, do not give up, fight until the very end. I find it truly uplifting. When death is upon us, stay strong and fight as the light fades. And I see two forms of light dying here. The first is our own light and m
Truly a fantastic poem, there's not much I can say that has not already been said about this classic and meaning and cadence of this work.
Courage at the face of death is always admirable, especially when formulated into such charming lyrics.These lines: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. Reminded my of one of the "grave men": John Donne saying:Death, be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.Raging agains...
Do not go gentle into that good night,Old age should burn and rave at the close of day;Rage, rage against the dying of the light.The first verse of his most famous poem. Thomas passed, gentle or not, “into that good night” in 1953 at the age of 39.
The poem is a villanelle. Thomas was a cognizant craftsman who employed words, assonances and cadences with a masterly dexterity. Vilanelle had been used as a form in France and Italy. It typically articulated idyllic sentiments. The poem has a message from the poet who emphasises our need to make our lives count against foreseeable death. It states the theme in an ironic language. You must live your life when you are dying. Life must be lived intensely, and the desire to live should remain inta...
I’d always been vaguely or half aware of at least some of the lines contained in this poem – embedded such as they now are in our popular culture and so often used (in film, TV, radio etc). I had however neither read the poem in full, nor made any attempt to understand it, nor even knew that it was written by Dylan Thomas (to my eternal shame).Such an involving, powerful, primordial, elemental piece – short in length, but resolutely long on power and impact.I clearly need to read more Dylan Thom...
Read by Richard Burton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DLqN... http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01yk0kpDuration: 02:09Tom Hollander reads Dylan Thomas' Do Not Go Gentle with Debbie Wiseman accompanying on the piano.Part of Radio 3 celebrations of Thomas's hundred years since his birth.
