Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night An inspiring poem written by Dylan Thomas showing a Villanelle form of six stanzas given a situation where the father is dying and the son wants him to fight death and not give into it The poem then starts in the first stanza with the speaker urging the father to not go gentle into that good night and the phrase good night is as we all know said to some one who is going to sleep and in fact in Christian context death is considered to be a long rest and no t
No matter your religion sex or race death comes to us all No generation knows this better than the present Death rates are at an all time high This is why it is not a surprise that artists of literature such as poets continually write literature on death Two such poets are Dylan Thomas and John Donne These two artists similarly but also very differently explore death in there poetry In the Holy Sonnet 10 Death Be Not Proud Donne explores the idea that Death is not something to be feared but loo