Dylan Thomas was born in Wales in 1914 and died in New York City in 1953. In his lifetime, he wrote several collections of poetry. One of the common themes in his work was the continuing process of life and death. This process of life passing into death can be seen in his poem "Do ... not to allow death to quietly steal them, allow themselves to be taken before they are ready, or look forward to and anticipate the coming of death. He uses the terms "burn" and "rave" in line two to describe fighting against death. In line two he also uses "at the close of day" to once again refer to death. T...

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