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

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Dylan Thomas and Catherine Davis use two different styles of tone to explain the subject of death. In “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” by Dylan Thomas uses negative words but the positive diction that is used is in a negative sense creating a greater pessimistic tone. For instance, a repeating line in this Villanelle says “Do not go gentle into the goodnight” (Dylan 1). Dylan uses the positive phrase goodnight to represent death, a negative theme. The diction in “After a Time” by Catherine Davis differs from Dylan Thomas’s use in which is it negative throughout. For example, Davis uses a repetitive line in her poem saying “After a time, all losses are the same” (1). Davis uses diction in a negative style to convey her theme of death
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