What is the meaning of the Dylan Thomas poem 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night'?

Answer 1

It means "don't die easily, don't give up too soon."

The second line - "But rage, rage against the dying of the light" - means treat death as an enemy, to be fought against as long as possible.

Every man Dylan Thomas describes in the poem is the kind of man his father was (i.e., "wise men," "good men," etc...) and each of those men (him) would not stop fighting, no matter what the consequence. In the poem, his father is dying and the speaker doesn't like to see his father as that kind of man (weak and "blind"). So the speaker at first demands he fights, but then pleads with him to try to live.

Answer 2

DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO

THAT GOOD NIGHT

Do not go gentle into that good night,

Old age should burn and rage 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I'm sorry but I can't actually read it for you.

Answer 3

Dylan Thomas believes that the fact that we will die, should not be a reason to restrict ourselves to live this particular moment we have in our hands. We must, therefore "not go gentle in that good night".

Even if we know that death is not very far, we must "rage, rage against the dying light" for, little did of goodness is yet to be done, little deal of kindness is yet to be shown and little deal of life is yet to be lived.

Good men, rich men, wild men and somber men "do not go gentle into that good night" because they realize the need to fight death and live life fully before the "night" really appears. They are constantly in persuit of doing something before their final breath. They forefore, "rage, rage against the dieing light".

The "night" is indeed will come to all of us one day. The only appeal we must make to ourselves is: "Do not go gentle in that good night".

Answer 4

For this, you could say "No vayas con gentileza en esa buena noche" in Spanish.

Answer 5

In do not go gentle into that good night Dylan Thomas phrase wild men describes those who celebrates life.