Blog 4-Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

In the poem: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, by Dylan Thomas, stanzas are separated for the five different kinds of men in which the poem focuses on. With each of these men: wise men, good men, wild men, and grave men, the author hones in on their differing stances between life and death. The author does this while also attaching similes to these men's descriptions. "Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,"(Thomas,968)..show good men to do much goodwill and deeds to others, saddened that by death, they can no longer be of service to others. Another example: "Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight, blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,"(Thomas,968). Through simile, grave men are expressed as those who, fight for their life in all ways possible. The author overall encourages people to "rage" against death. This means people should not  worry and let the uncertainty of death overtake their thoughts and keep them from living in the now. Various types of men have different ways of living their life out, and thus, have different feelings towards death when it comes.