similiar poems to "Do not go gentle into that good night"-(Dylan Thomas)?

Question

i need to find a poem (preferably by Dylan Thomas) that is similiar to Do not go gentle into that good night so thta i can compare the poems.

I need another poem (preferably by Dylan Thomas) that has reflect on death (as a theme)

has to be a british poet

Answer 1

I wasn't sure if you wanted other poems Like Thomas' reflection on his father's death, or other poems that fall within the villanelle format.

Here's a link:

http://poetry.about.com/od/villanellelinks/Villanelle_links.htm

Good luck

Answer 2

"The Force that through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower"

The force that through the green fuse drives the flower
Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees
Is my destroyer.
And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose
My youth is bent by the same wintry fever.

The force that drives the water through the rocks
Drives my red blood; that dries the mouthing streams
Turns mine to wax.
And I am dumb to mouth unto my veins
How at the mountain spring the same mouth sucks.

The hand that whirls the water in the pool
Stirs the quicksand; that ropes the blowing wind
Hauls my shroud sail.
And I am dumb to tell the hanging man
How my clay is made the hangman's lime.

The lips of time leech to the fountain head;
Love drips and gathers, but the fallen blood
Shall calm her sores.
And I am dumb to tell a weather's wind
How time has ticked a heaven round the stars.

And I am dumb to tell the lover's tomb
How at my sheet goes the same crooked worm.

-Dylan Thomas.



This also has to do with death, life, and mortality. there's also a lot of natural imagery in each... have fun.

Answer 3

hmm Well if you want a different take on death then "Because I would not stop for death..he kindly stopped for me"