'Let us not go softly into this dark night' is a line from which poem?

Question

It may be Dylan Thomas,

Answer 1

Do not go gentle into that dark night

Answer 2

Yes, it's Dylan Thomas - Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Answer 3

"Do not go gentle into that good night" is a villanelle written by Dylan Thomas about the impending death of his father. The verse form requires the repetition of that line and the line "rage, rage against the dying of the light" throughout the poem. Because his father was unware of the seriousness of his condition, the poem could not be published until after his father had died.

There is an analysis of the poem at this link: http://poetry.suite101.com/article.cfm/dylan_thomas___do_not_go_gentle_

Answer 4

Do Not Go Gentle into that Good night
by Dylan Thomas.

It's a villanelle, a particular poetic form which repeats two lines at prescribed points in the poem. The other repeated line is:

Rage, rage, against the dying of the light

It's about death, and is often used at funerals, especially of those who have died before their time.

Answer 5

Well it's definitely close to something said by the Welshman Dylan Thomas. Can't recall the name of the poem though.

Answer 6

Dylan Thomas wrote 'Do not go gentle into that dark night ',
he wrote it in 1951!

Answer 7

its "do not go gentle into that good night" by Dylan Thomas. one of my fave poems ever. i actually read it so many times, i have it memorized
"do not go gentle into that good night
old men should burn and rave at close of day
and rage, rage against the dying of the light"

well ,it goes on but i won't bore you.

Answer 8

i believe it is Do not go gently into this good night by Dylan Thomas I think it was written in 1951

Answer 9

'Do not go gentle into that good night
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.'

Dylan Thomas

Answer 10

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.

Answer 11

dylan thomas wrote "do not go gentle into that good night".