Do not go gentle into that good night
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"Do not go gentle into that good night" is a famous villanelle by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, renowned for its passionate exhortation to resist death and its refrain "Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Do not go gentle into that good night canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poem
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villanelle ⓘ |
| addressedTo | a dying father ⓘ |
| addressee | Dylan Thomas's father ⓘ |
| author | Dylan Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
frequently studied in schools and universities
ⓘ
often quoted in popular culture ⓘ widely anthologized ⓘ |
| exploresTypeOfMen |
good men
ⓘ
grave men ⓘ wild men ⓘ wise men ⓘ |
| finalStanzaLineCount | 4 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Botteghe Oscure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | villanelle ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | numerous readings and performances ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | later poems about death and resistance ⓘ |
| hasSpeaker | unnamed son ⓘ |
| hasStructure | five tercets and a quatrain ⓘ |
| imperativePhrase |
Do not go gentle
ⓘ
Rage, rage ⓘ |
| includedIn | The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageRegister | formal and elevated ⓘ |
| lineCountPerStanza | 3 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter (predominantly) ⓘ |
| notableQuote |
Do not go gentle into that good night
ⓘ
Rage, rage against the dying of the light NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfLines | 19 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| refrain |
Do not go gentle into that good night
ⓘ
Rage, rage against the dying of the light ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA ⓘ |
| setting | near the end of the father’s life ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
approach to death
ⓘ
human dignity ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
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defiance ⓘ father–son relationship ⓘ mortality ⓘ resistance to death ⓘ |
| tone |
defiant
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passionate ⓘ urgent ⓘ |
| usesRepetitionOf | imperative verbs ⓘ |
| yearPublished | 1951 ⓘ |
| yearWritten | 1947 ⓘ |
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