“And you, my father, there on the 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.” (Thomas 878-879).
Most people do not easily cope with death, especially the death of a loved one. Whether they are religious or not, people who have lost a loved one usually feel a great deal of pain and grief. So, it is only natural for people to have a fear, or maybe even a hatred of death and to try to prevent losing their loved ones in any way they can. In “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas, the speaker is trying to encourage another to fight back against death. They say, “Rage, rage against the dying of the light” (Thomas 879). Those who have lost loved ones before probably realize there is not much that can be done to save a dying person. Yet, in the moment when someone is dying, those who love them beg them to fight, to stay, even if fighting is pointless. They plead with an innocent hope and desperation and may deny the reality of the situation.
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The tone of this poem is pained and somber. Readers can easily tell this poem is directed to Thomas’ father when they read the speaker’s plead. The speaker begs, “And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray” and he hopes for the father to pull through and fight death’s grasp (Thomas 879). With this poem only having one speaker, readers may wonder what the father was doing during this time. Some may imagine the father, wise with age, may have not agreed with his son’s views and may feel ready for his