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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.
 * Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night**

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.

- The speaker believes that when old men are dying they should fight for as long as they can. - Through the last stanza we learn that the author is really talking about his father who we learn is dying. - Thomas ends the poem the last two lines of "Do not go gentle into that good night./Rage, rage against that dying of the light." which is his last message to his father. - There is the constant mention of sunrises and sunsets, however it seems as if when the run rises it sets just as quickly and it is the darkness that seems to shadow over the poem. - There is an extended metaphor throughout the poem, where life is represented by day, the afterlife is represented by night and the moment of death is represented by the sunset. - This poem really emphasizes the importance of family to Thomas.
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