All of the poems, however, have different structures and forms that help convey their similar themes of death. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night is a villanelle, a poem that has nineteen lines, divided into five three line stanzas. The lines consist of iambic pentameter that gives a “da-dum” rhythm to the poem, emphasizing every second word like “Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight”. This helps the audience remember the poem and the short three line stanzas give a different perspective of people who faced and their feeling towards their life and the inevitable death. The second stanza, for example, refers to “wise men” and the fourth stanza refers to “wild men”. While Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night has a very specific
