Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
Dylan Thomas
This poem seems a great deal like the phrase, "go out with a bang". At first glance, I thought the poem was encouraging men to not accept the inevitable, that they should not accept death as a natural consequence with growing old. Instead, I see the poem not as encouragement to pursue longevity, but rather to disown the sadness of death. Death should not guide man's hand into the inevitable, but man should live with confidence up until the last day. "Rage, rage against the dying of the light", is a epithet that encourages the denial of dying while still alive. Man should not accept death, but instead, rage against the dying of the light, and refuse to allow it to consume him before death takes his body. To me, the poem alludes to the importance of going out with a bang, and not feeling defeated when it comes time that night will close in and the light will be over.
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