"Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" By:Dylan Thomas

This poem, about death is telling those who are dying to fight death and to not give up easily. The speaker says to live your life to the fullest and to "rage" against death or "the dying of the light." In the line, "old age should burn and rave at close of day," the speaker is saying that when a person grows older, they are fighting everyday against death and should live out their last days and life so they can be happy. The different stanzas speak of different situations and people who are close to death. The speaker tells the people not to let in to death and "rage against the dying of the light." The light is symbolic of the end of life. When the "light" dies, the person's life has ended. In the end, the speaker incorporates his own personal experience with death, telling his father to "not go gentle into that good night." He prays that his father keeps fighting death.