"Do not go gentle into that good night" by Dylan Thomas

And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

-Metaphor (sad height = death bed) -Repetition ("Do not go gentle into that good night." & "Rage, rage against the dying of the light.")

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

-Oxymoron ("see with blinding sight") -Simile ("like meteors and be gay") -Repetition (Rage, rage against the dying of the light)

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.

-Personification ("Old age should burn and rave" & "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.

-Personification ("words had forked no lightning")

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night.

-Repetition ("Do not go gentle into that good night")

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

-Syntax ("crying how bright") -Repetition ("Rage, rage against the dying of the light")

What is the theme of "Do not go gentle into that good night?"

This poem is about the sacredness of life. Light is used to represent life, and darkness is a symbol of death. Only the most brave and wise people are able to say that they have experienced the light, or life.