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Do not go gentle into that good night Dylan Thomas, 1914 - 1953 Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rag
by guardiangod 9y ago
Do not go gentle into that good night
Dylan Thomas, 1914 - 1953
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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.
- JBReefer 9y agoThat poem means the exact opposite of what you seem to think it means (like most allegories, to be fair).
- gareim 9y agoIt seems like it means what he thinks it means.. What do you think he meant and what do you think the poem means?
- cgmg 9y agoWhat does it mean?
- sireat 9y agoPlease, elaborate on the opposite meaning! Dylan's poem seems much more straight forward (unlike Robert Frost's Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening for one) For humanity it is all ephemeral/useless but give a good fight anyway. Oh vanity of vanities... If there is an alternative/hidden meaning to this poem it would be fascinating to hear about it. All critics/readers seems to think that father was indeed his own father that Dylan was writing to. Maybe it was not so?
- Jarwain 9y agoWhat do you think it means?
- forapurpose 9y agoOT: I've learned in life that such words are often more about the adult child's fear of death and fear of the fading and loss of their parent's help and love, than it is about the father's feelings. I'd love to have seen what Dylan Thomas would have written about it in his declining years. It's a poem I see quoted far more by the young than by the elderly, and I don't think the young want to hear why.
- 1000units 9y agoIt's a stupid poem. A man who's lived properly to old age dies in peace, having already raged his entire life.