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        <title><![CDATA[In this poem, Dylan Thomas is at the deathbed of his father, and is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In this poem, Dylan Thomas is at the deathbed of his father, and is pleading with him to die with honor and pride, fighting until the very end.  He doesn't want his father to just give up and turn his life over, he wants his dad to fight death off, to "rage, rage against the dying of the light" and to stay with him as long as he can.  Throughout the poem, Thomas gives examples of all types of men who, when dying, fight it off.  His gist is...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Can you please explain the second stanza of the poem "Do Not Go Gentle...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Can you please explain the second stanza of the poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[It would be quite a stretch to say that Dylan Thomas' intent in writing...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It would be quite a stretch to say that Dylan Thomas' intent in writing this poem was to inspire. It is essentially a statement of anger, defiance against the inevitability of his father's fast approaching blindness and death.

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.

The speaker rejects the notion that calm acceptance is the way to approach one's death, even...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 6 Jun 2009 09:04:10 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[To describe the poem as "inspiring" isn't an obvious choice of words to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[To describe the poem as "inspiring" isn't an obvious choice of words to describe it, because it is a poem about a man whose father is dying.  However, it is very inspiring, because as his father faces death, Thomas emphatically encourages him to go out with pride, strength, fighting the entire way.  If one is to die, one should die as Thomas describes it, with "rage, rage against the dying of the light." It is a call to strength and dignity...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 6 Jun 2009 08:44:14 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Would you describe the poem "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" as...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Would you describe the poem "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" as inspiring? Why (best with textual evidence)?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 6 Jun 2009 00:06:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[1. When the poet says to his father "Curse, bless me now with your...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[1. When the poet says to his father "Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray"= He basically summons the last of the strength of his father to be spent at that very last second of life and, by default such last bits of energy mean that there is still life and energy inside of him
2. "Old age should burn and rave at close of day"- fight until the end, breathe until the last bit of air is left; keep going even if you are about to be...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 13:52:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[According to the poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" , how...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[According to the poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" , how should people act toward death?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 12:32:17 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Both Dylan Thomas and Robert Frost were well-"acquainted with the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Both Dylan Thomas and Robert Frost were well-"acquainted with the night."  Both poets experienced tragedies and the dark side of humanity; Thomas was an alcoholic and a drug abuser, while Frost was a victim of mental illness (he watched family members become institutionalized, and he struggled with depression himself).  It is no surprise, then, that both poets delved into the dark side of humanity with their poems "Do Not Go Gentle...." and...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are the different connotations of the word night in this poem?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are the different connotations of the word night in this poem?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[These two poems by Heaney and Thomas both treat death and its impact in...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[These two poems by Heaney and Thomas both treat death and its impact in a very different way.
Thomas' famous poem, written about the death of his father, captures the determination to fight against the power of death whilst also expressing the fierce refusal of those left behind to accept the death of their loved one. This poem has a very precise and exact structure, using the Villanelle, a notoriously difficult form to master. However, we can...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[An example of consonance from the poem comes from lines 17 and states, ...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[An example of consonance from the poem comes from lines 17 and states, 
      “Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray ”
The consonance exists here in the words “curse” and “bless” and then in the words “fierce” and “tears”.
 
The example of allusion, although there is more than one can be found in stanza 4, lines 10-12.  Here, the speaker says, 
     “Wild men who caught and sang the sun in...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Examples of consonance, allusion, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Examples of consonance, allusion, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, and personification, in "Do not go gentle into that good night" by Dylan Thomas.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[This phrase refers to wise men who had no recognition or glory for their...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This phrase refers to wise men who had no recognition or glory for their wisdom or words.  They went through life and didn't make much of an impression, they didn't "fork lightning" in their speeches or do anything so stunning as forking lightning with their brilliant words.  Forking lightning is just an image, a metaphor that Thomas uses to compare to people whose words have a powerful and stirring impact on others.  However, these men...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:59:14 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night", what is meant by "their...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night", what is meant by "their words had forked no lightning"?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Compare the impact of death in "Mid-Term Break" and "Do not go gentle..."]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Compare the impact of death in "Mid-Term Break" and "Do not go gentle..."]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Thomas' word choices are persuasive.  Instead of being subtle, gentle,...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Thomas' word choices are persuasive.  Instead of being subtle, gentle, whiny or simpering about his father passing away, he is bold and demanding.  He doesn't say, "I don't want you to die!  It's not fair!"  Instead, he states boldly, "Do not go gentle into that good night...rage, rage against the dying of the light."  DO NOT die weakly without a fight.  RAGE against it.  Such passionate words inevitably elicit a powerful response, and...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:02:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" how does the writer convey...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" how does the writer convey the sense of persuasion in the poem?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Dylan Thomas uses repetition in his poem to persuade his subject(s). He...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Dylan Thomas uses repetition in his poem to persuade his subject(s). He repeats "do not go gentle into that good night" several times.  He also says "Rage, rage against the dying of the light" four times. This repetition really pounds into the reader's mind.
Along with repetition, Thomas uses vivid action words such as "rage," "blaze," "burn," "fierce," and "rave" to get his point across.  These vivid words give the poem power that it...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:35:58 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does the poet convey the sense of persuasion in "Do Not Go Gentle...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How does the poet convey the sense of persuasion in "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"?]]></description>
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