Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
Thomas, Dylan
Primary Category:
Literature /
Poetry
Genre: Poem
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Annotated by:
- Chen, Irene
- Aull, Felice
- Date of entry: Jan-24-2003
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.
Miscellaneous
First published: 1951
Primary Source
The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas
Publisher
New Directions
Place Published
New York
Edition
1971