In Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, Dylan Thomas represents death by night and darkness. Hence, “Do not go gentle into that good night” (1) means ‘do not slip quickly into death’. Thomas is addressing an unknown listener, advising them not to die without putting up a fight; “Rage, rage against the dying of the light” (3). This “dying of the light” (3), along with “close of day” (2), represent the nearing of night and therefore the nearing of death itself. This also means “the sun in flight” (10) and light represent one’s life. The two lines take turns closing each stanza, describing how different types of people do not let death take them easily.
In line two, Thomas expresses how old age should not wither and succumb to death, but should
In line two, Thomas expresses how old age should not wither and succumb to death, but should