What do you think of this peom!?

Question

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.



When is there a shift in the poet's experience?
What are the emotional overtones of word choice (diction)?

i didn't write it this guy poet did.

Answer 1

When he actually uses the word death, the poem shifts. The beginning tells you to rage, to fight death without ever mentioning the word death. His use of diction shows that he feels badly about having to die one day. He's angered by his own natural demise, so much so that he will rage against it. As he watches his father's own death he realizes that no matter the fight against it, death always wins. Also, he starts out so fierce at the beginning of this poem yet at the end he almost has a tone of defeat, that his father couldn't defeat death and he knows neither will he. This is a great poem to pick apart, especially with the words he chose to use and such, I wrote an essay on it for an ap english class once. Have fun with it :]

Answer 2

I think the poem speaks not only the mind's observation but the feelings that are in layers. Layer after layer, the rage is on and yet there is hush in the sadness the author expresses. I can hear sobs and turmoil, and yet the longing for the night to finally fall is truly twhat is anticipated. The blessings and cursings sought, a confusion that the author truly wants to fuse.

Answer 3

Someone else doing Dylan Thomas homework,

shift in the experience?

well the poem was for his dying father. that would be a big shift in experience, but i doubt that is what the teacher is asking

Answer 4

For the record, it's considered extremely rude to copy someone's work into a public place without giving proper credit to the poet.

Answer 5

I love this poem. It's one of my friend's favorites.

Answer 6

to shakespearian. Sorry