Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas.
"Rage, rage against the dying of the light" (Thomas, Line 3).
I was on shaky ground with this poem. I always enjoy poems that have some kind of rhyme scheme attached to them. However, I did not really have a fabulous time following this scheme. I did however get the gist of what the author is trying to say. Thomas is telling the reader to not simply submit to the hand of death dragging a person to his or her grave. This poem to me anyway was really inspirational. I think that the author wants the reader to be empowered to believe that he does not have to simply submit to death. And while death and taxes are pretty much the only thing that we are assured in life, we can fight. That to me was a really feel good message. The thought of opposing such a forceful authority as death is really scary, but raging against it, count me in.
The fact that the author might not have intended for this to be a pep talk for the reader is not going to stop me from interpreting it as such. This poem makes me want to find death and punch him in his bony face!
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