Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

The poem Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night was written by Dylan Thomas. Dylan Thomas was a poet/writer from Wales who, strangely enough, wrote his works in english only. He was born in 1914 and only lived to be 39 years old. Thomas wrote, not only poems, but short stories and film and radio scripts! When I first read the title I thought it was just about a person who didn't want to go to sleep, but later found out that the them is death and the poem is actually about someone fighting against death and the thought of death.

                This poem pretty much just describes somebody’s opinion of death and how they think everyone should act when it comes to them or someone around them dying. The person who is giving their opinion is saying to fight when death knocks on your door and to try and keep living as long as possible, to stay strong no matter what anyone else says on the topic of death.

                My personal opinion is that death eventually comes to visit us all and there isn’t much about it that we can do, but it is everyone’s personal opinion when it comes to such a controversial topic such as this. Now if the person said we should all eat healthy and exercise plenty to stay healthy and alive for as long as possible then I would have to strongly agree with him!  This poem creates plenty of controversy to such a private issue.