![]() ![]() In the first stanza ‘Good night’ and ‘dying of the light’ refer to death while ‘close of the day’ refers to old age. Some words and phrases are used metaphorically to refer to death and old age. The poem is an insight into the ways different people approach death. Summary & Analysis of Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good night” ‘Do no Go Gentle into that Good Night’ is one of his most famous poems. He died at the age of thirty-nine after living recklessly, and living heavily on drinking. ![]() His poems had a little bit of a romantic tone (priest like function). ![]() The poetry written during his time is concerned with introspective, obsessive, sexual and religious currents of feeling and Thomas seems to be arguing rhetorically with himself on the subject of sex and death, sin and redemption, the natural processes, creation and decay in his poems. ![]()
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