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Do not go gentle into that good night

Published on Dec 20, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Do not go gentle into that good night

by Dylan Thomas
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Biography

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October 20, 1914

+Swansea, South Wales
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Early Childhood

+Love for Literature
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Travels

& Italy, Poetry
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November 9, 1953

+Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey

Death

+Theme, Tribute to Father
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Villanelle

Rigid Structure: 19 Lines 
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"Rage, Rage against the dying of the light"

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Extended Metaphor

+Death/Life
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"Do not go gentle into that good night"

"Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray"

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Parallelism

Good, Wild, grave men

"Good Men, the last wave crying how bright"

Paradoxes

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"Grave men, near death, who see with blinding light"

Death is inevitable

+Universal Theme
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Works Cited

  • "Dylan Thomas." Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation, n.d. Web. 21 Dec. 2015.
  • "Dylan Thomas." Poets.org. Academy of American Poets, n.d. Web. 21 Dec. 2015
  • Thomas, Dylan M. "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night." Poets.org. AAP, n.d. Web. 21 Dec. 2015.