Fight Against Death
... Dylan Thomas’ “Do not go gentle into that good night” and Andrew Hudgins’ “Elegy for My Father, Who Is Not Dead” both works concentrate on their fathers, as they become closer to death. The authors of the poems have different views behind the word “death”. Dylan Thomas who is expressing his thoughts and experiences of death writes “Do not go Gentle into that Good Night. ... It is artfully implies the universal theme of death’s inevitability. The title discloses the poet’s thoughts about death and the importance of fighting to live life to the fullest. ... Thomas uses simile to compare death to a good night. Furthermore, he opens the poem with “Do not go gentle into that good night” which right away indicates that the poet is referring to not taking death lying down.