The two poems “After a Time” by C and “Do not go gentle into the Night” talk about the same subject but so differently. In fact I would say the only things they have in common are that they both speak of death and they both demand comparison. We have one artist full of empathy trying to encourage rage, fight, perseverance, and never giving up. Then we have an artist respond with a “let it be, it’s life, can't help it” attitude. It’s very clear that the two artists see death in different ways but why? Why is one so full of hope and the other hopeless? Both of them have very strong outlooks and are certain about the way they feel which brings up the real question at hand; what's influencing this thinking?
From reading “After a Time” by Catherine …show more content…
It does not matter which life you have lived. It does not matter if you are a wise, good, wild, or a grave man,you should rage. He makes that clear by finishing each stanza with the lines, “ do not go gentle into that goodnight” and “rage, rage against the dying of the light.” Just accepting death is not what he stands for which is a key difference between the two …show more content…
At first I thought that maybe it's a situational thing and I can't answer that question to the best of my ability because I've never had a loss that hit me close to home. But then I remembered when my uncle was hospitalized last spring and he was on life support for almost two months. I wanted him to fight. His chances weren't great and we were almost positive he was going to pass but that didn't change the fact that I wanted him to keep battling. It's almost like the more his chances at surviving decreased, the more I wanted him to fight which is ironic. I was expecting more out of him the harder it got for him to control his fate. I guess this means I agree with Thomas. However, I do not disagree with
From reading “After a Time” by Catherine …show more content…
It does not matter which life you have lived. It does not matter if you are a wise, good, wild, or a grave man,you should rage. He makes that clear by finishing each stanza with the lines, “ do not go gentle into that goodnight” and “rage, rage against the dying of the light.” Just accepting death is not what he stands for which is a key difference between the two …show more content…
At first I thought that maybe it's a situational thing and I can't answer that question to the best of my ability because I've never had a loss that hit me close to home. But then I remembered when my uncle was hospitalized last spring and he was on life support for almost two months. I wanted him to fight. His chances weren't great and we were almost positive he was going to pass but that didn't change the fact that I wanted him to keep battling. It's almost like the more his chances at surviving decreased, the more I wanted him to fight which is ironic. I was expecting more out of him the harder it got for him to control his fate. I guess this means I agree with Thomas. However, I do not disagree with