Dylan Thomas 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night'

In the poems “Do not go gentle into that good night” by Dylan Thomas and “All the worlds a stage” by William Shakespeare there are similarities and differences between style, theme and tone. Both poems have a similar style, persuasive. They also have a similar theme which is life and death. However, the tones in both poems are different as Dylan Thomas’s tone has a tremor, which represents a vibration and agitation. Williams Shakespeare’s tone is strong, warning, and informative. The common style in both poems are persuasive. Dylan Thomas’s style is trying to urge us to live life to the fullest and to never give up. "Rage rage rage against the dying of the light" (3). By that Dylan means to push back against blindness, death and whatever is forcing you back in life. He says, “Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight” (13), delivering the idea that older men closer to death feel and sees life even though he is blind. In the other poem Shakespeare says, “And all the men and women merely players/they have their exits and their entrances” (2-3). Men and women represent a main role in the journey of life. They are the main characters and they have their entrance which is birth and exit which is death. Basically, both poems are persuasive because

Dylan clearly draws a picture of the old, sick man who knows he is struggling with blindness and fighting against death. “Though wise men at their end know dark is right/because their words had forked no lightning they” (4-5). Life is symbolized by light and death is symbolized by the night and darkness. On the other hand, Shakespeare presents man’s entire life from coming to the life and leaving the world. He breaks it into parts. The stage represents life. He gives the idea that, “And one man in his time plays many parts/his acts being seven ages. At first, the infant” (4-5). I believe that both poems have similar theme because they represent a beginning and an