Dylan Thomas

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Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

Thomas, Dylan

Last Updated: Jan-24-2003
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Chen, Irene
Aull, Felice

Primary Category: Literature / Poetry

Genre: Poem

Summary:

A son beseeches his elderly father to fight, rather than accept, death: "Do not go gentle into that good night." He gives examples of how "wise men," "good men," "wild men," and "grave men" "rage against the dying of the light," and begs his father to do the same.

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A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London

Thomas, Dylan

Last Updated: Jan-24-2003
Annotated by:
Chen, Irene
Aull, Felice

Primary Category: Literature / Poetry

Genre: Poem

Summary:

The author begins by avowing that he would never "mourn the majesty and burning of the child's death." He expresses the utter inadequacy of mere words to describe any child's passing.

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