In this analysis of “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night” by
Dylan Thomas, it will be explored how this is a poem that
explores the helplessness associated with growing old and
inching toward death. There are six stanzas in “Do Not Go Gentle
into that Good Night” by Dylan Thomas with a simple rhyme
structure that belies the complex message of the poem. In
general, it is clear that this is a poem about death and dying
but when examined closer, it becomes apparent that it is also
about life and how it is lived. Through the structure of “Do Not
Go Gentle into that Good Night” by Dylan Thomas as well as the
use and choice of language that invokes certain images and
employs certain techniques that arouse deep imagery/ The speaker
of the poem “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night” by Dylan
Thomas seems to think it is not honorable or befitting for a
great or interesting man to die quietly in old age and he
encourages the reader to think that death is something that
should be fought rather than mutely accepted. I