Poem 3: JOURNAL RESPONSE
Reread Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”. This time explore the poet’s use of sound to capture his feelings about death and dying.
• Discuss his use of rhyme, rhythm and repetition to reinforce and to heighten the emotional impact of the poem. (approximately 1.5 page)
Poem 3:
DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT
Dylan Thomas
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Because their words have forked no lightning they
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
