Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

        Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

 By, Dylan Thomas    

            The theme of the poem Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night by, Dylan Thomas is to fight against struggles or dark times. Thomas is trying to tell the reader not to give up or give in to anything they may be going through. Thomas is telling the reader that even if you know you might not win your wars, you should fight your hardest against them. He wants the reader to not “gently” give in to your issues, but to “rage” against them.

            In Thomas’ poem he says “Do not go gentle into that good night”. When he says this he’s telling the reader to not give into their dark times. It may be difficult and it may take some hard work but, just keep fighting and don’t give into that “good night”.  When Thomas says good night I think he means the easy way out. Good would mean easy, but night would be a symbol for the rough or dark times that the reader may be going through.

            Then, Thomas adds, “Rage rage against the dying of the light”. When he says this he is trying to tell the reader to fight harshly to move past a period of time that may be tough for him or her. When Thomas says to “rage”, he is saying to the reader to fight and to work hard to get out of periods of times that are difficult to go through. Then when Thomas says “dying of the light”, he is using it to symbolize the painful times that the reader might be going through.

            In conclusion, Dylan Thomas is trying to tell the reader that if they are going through a time that is putting them down to fight through it. He is saying that even though it may be difficult, to keep fighting until you get through. He is telling the reader to “rage” against the dark times. Thomas wants the reader to stick through everything they are going through and to battle their way through. Win or lose, he is saying not to go down without a fight.