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    9018 - DO NOT GO GENTL-WPS Office

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    The poem is a plea from the poet to his dying father, urging him not to accept death passively. In each stanza, the poet references a different group of people - wise men, good men, wild men, and grave men - who all have reasons to continue striving for life despite age or experiences. Though these groups face death differently, none go gentle into that night. In the last stanza, the poet directly begs his own father not to resign himself to death on the "sad height," but to continue raging against the dying of the light.

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    The poem is a plea from the poet to his dying father, urging him not to accept death passively. In each stanza, the poet references a different group of people - wise men, good men, wild men, and grave men - who all have reasons to continue striving for life despite age or experiences. Though these groups face death differently, none go gentle into that night. In the last stanza, the poet directly begs his own father not to resign himself to death on the "sad height," but to continue raging against the dying of the light.

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    The poem is a plea from the poet to his dying father, urging him not to accept death passively. In each stanza, the poet references a different group of people - wise men, good men, wild men, and grave men - who all have reasons to continue striving for life despite age or experiences. Though these groups face death differently, none go gentle into that night. In the last stanza, the poet directly begs his own father not to resign himself to death on the "sad height," but to continue raging against the dying of the light.

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    DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT -Dylan Thomas.

    Analysis and application

    The poem is a passionate plea of the poet to his dying fsthery . The poet expreses in the first
    stanza that every mortal is bound to die after their old age ,but at the same time should try to
    fight for life and resist the "dying of the light", which is death. He tries to discourage his father
    from surrendering easily to the call of death.

    In trying to convince his father not to accept the fate of death, the poet reminds his father four
    different group of people not minding their life choices, success, failures and personalities, still
    have reasons to live . The first group he reminds his father of are wise men who in their wisdom
    know that death us a natural phenomenon and they bound to accept it. Notwithstanding,the
    same wise men do everything possible to resist death knowing that they have not achieved
    enough in life. In line 5 ,the poet saying " because their words had forked no lightening"; means
    that the Wise Men wants to retain life in order to make a historical on Earth.

    The second group of people tge poet presented to his Father is the good men,who reflect on
    their life and approaches;

    Good men ,the last wave by, crying how bright

    ....Rage ,rage against the dying of the Sun...line 7&9

    After giving a stock of their life which is not without human imperfection still have hope to live
    and immortalize their names with lasting legacies. Yhe expression "in a green bay" is
    emblematic of the eternal sea which Will make their good works significant and valuable to
    remember..

    The third group of people is the "wild nen" who caught and sang the sun in. flight...L10 The
    remark above is exaggerated statement showing how the wild men wasted their life in frivolities
    not knowing that they are mortals. Also by saying that the "wild men " have squandered their
    lives in adventure and excitement but realize themselves when it is too late . The wild men were
    dare devils who faced dangers with ignorance:

    And learn too late, that they grieved it on its way...L11

    Next line of action focuses on "grave men" who are also nearer to death. The poet by using the
    image of ,"grave men " in this poem is presenting the group of people who have been saddened
    by life predicaments to the extent that they can be compared to to "walking corpses". With their
    pitiable situation evident in their 'blinding eyes ' there is yet a burning passion in them to live .
    Even in their frail state,their blind eyes stil blazing "Like meteors and be gay" suggesting
    unquenching longing for survival. With this ,the poet is saying that his father could live longer
    and happy regardless of his weak conditions.
    In the last stanza,the poet is of the opinion that all men no matter their experience or their
    helpless condition fight for more time to live . He uses this point to buttress the fact that on no
    account should death be taken as a better alternative to life . He therefore begs his father not to
    die or resign to his fate to death.

    And you my father, there on the sad height

    ... I pray do not go gentle into that good night.

    His philosophy about death in a nutshell conforms to the saying that..." a living dog is better
    than a dead lion ."

    SETTING

    This poem.was written in Italy,it does not have a physical setting into which it can be situated.
    There is no particular place described in the poem neither is there any time mentioned in the
    poem.. Apparently,the setting is more psychological than physical. . The poet Dylan T tries to
    capture the psychological atmosphere of England at the time and create a poem that would
    fuse the realities of the time with the realities that the poem hoped to project . The
    psychological setting of the world

    Figures of Speech

    1. Metaphor: There is the use of Metaphor "that good night" four times by the poet which gives
    the impression that the poet believes in the reality of death as a call of nature and not
    necessarily an omen . Another metaphoric expression in the poem include: "The dying of the
    light", "Green of the light"

    2. Euphemism: This is a literary device that expresses an idea in a mild way . The fear and
    tension of death is reduced by the use of euphemism,for example:" Good night " , Dying of the
    light "

    3. Repetition: Examples of repetition are as follows:

    "Do not go gentle into that good night"

    "men "

    "Rage ,rage against the dying of the light "

    4. Hyperbole: this is exaggeration,the use of hyperbolic expressions is evident such as: "Fierce
    tears", "Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight"
    5. Alliteration: Repetition of consonant sounds; "see...sight" ,"sang ...sun","learn...late

    6. Simile : Comparism with the use of " like" ,"as" example, Blind eyes like meteors "

    6. Assonance: This is figure of speech that repeats vowel sounds. Examples: "Rage,rage" /ei/,
    "Wise...right"-/ai/ , "crying... bright -/ai/, "Dying...light"-/ai/ ,

    7. Personification: There is also the use of personification in line 5,the poet says , "because their
    words have forked no lightening " Also in line 11,it says the wild men have grieved the sun . The
    sun is not human and cannot be grieved. In line 8 "Frail deeds" are made to 'dance on a green
    bay' although deeds refer to actions ,deeds cannot take up any action,hence ,the idea of "deed"
    dancing is personification

    8. Metonymy: This figure of speech involves using a significant aspect of a thing to refer to that
    thing. A good example of this is can be fkund in line 2of the peom.The poetic persona makes
    mention of 'old age'. Age is an aspect of the life of every human being and is used here to refer
    to those who are aged,it also symbolic reference to the elderly.

    9. Pun:

    STRUCTURE

    This is a six -stanza poem written in nineteen lines. The first five stanzas are tarcet while the
    last stanza is structure in four (quatrain) The poem adopts a simple rhymes of aba, except in
    stanza six which has abaa.

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