o discourage people from choosing the dreary, bitter frigidity of death. The images of “wise men” have “forked no lighting” with their words; the “good men” have not “danced in a green bay”; the “wild men” have “learned too late”; and the “grave men” have not used their blinding sight.” Thomas tells his dying father that all men good or evil, smart or ignorant, need to fight against death. Only then, after a man has made his true contribution to society, may that man peacefully be prepared to die. Using four examples of men; wise, good, wild, and grave, he illustrates a universal idea. The four individuals have reached the final end of their lives prematurely. Thomas provokes these men into wanting more time and desiring the courage to fight back against the Grim Reaper. The “wise men” and the “wild men,” regardless of character, deserves the opportunity to live into old age and accomplish what they set out to do. And the “wise men,” who regret the fact that they didn’t do the good deeds they were set out to do, and realizing that it was too late for them to do it. Thomas realizes it is human nature to take life for granted; until death approaches. Thomas wrote this poem for his father, to tell him that there is so much more for him here, living, to do. The only way to deter death

Some topics in this essay:
Grim Reaper, Dylan Thomas, Anonymous Touching, “do gentle, , gentle night”, “do gentle night”, rage dying light”, “rage rage dying, towards death, “wise men”, rage dying, “rage rage, dying light”, meaning poem, Gentle Night”, line stanza, anger rage, theme poem means, develops meaning poem,