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A famous villanelle by Dylan Thomas about death, read by the poet in the movie Interstellar. The poem urges people to resist the dying of the light and to rage against old age, wisdom, and gravity.
- Do not go gentle into that good night
- About the Poem
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Written in 1951, it has been suggested that the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas dedicated this poem (in the form of a villanelle) to his dying father, who was blind and gravely ill. This work is one of, if not the most, notable and famous poems that Thomas had written.
A famous poem by Dylan Thomas that urges people to resist the inevitability of death and to rage against the dying of the light. The poem is divided into five stanzas, each addressing a different type of person: old, wise, good, wild, and grave men.
"Do not go gentle into that good night" is a poem in the form of a villanelle by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), and is one of his best-known works. Though first published in the journal Botteghe Oscure in 1951, the poem was written in 1947 while Thomas visited Florence with his family.
Form. „Do not go gentle into that good night“ ist wahrscheinlich das berühmteste englische Beispiel einer Villanelle, die als Gedichtform im Frankreich des 16. Jahrhunderts entstand. In der modernen Lyrik stellt sie eine eher ungewöhnliche poetische Form dar, die jedoch immer noch ihre Wirkung entfalten kann, wenn sie kunstfertig ...
Analysis (ai): This poem is a powerful and moving plea to fight against the inevitability of death. It urges readers to embrace life with passion and vigor, even in the face of adversity. The poem is written in a free verse style and uses strong imagery and metaphors to convey its message.
It is also central to Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar (2014). Dr. Brand (portrayed by Michael Caine) motivates explorers searching for a new habitable planet with the poem, turning Thomas’s ...
