Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Poem Analysis

Every person experiences life and death in their own way. Let Me Die In My Footsteps by Bob Dylan, and Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas both share their similarities and differences. The poems are similar in which both writers write about living life, and the topic of death. The differences in the poems is what lies within the symbolism and emotion of each poem. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night and Let Me Die In My Footsteps deal with the theme of life and death. In Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Thomas writes about his dying father. He writes that he is angry at death for taking his father, and wants his father to fight for his life. Thomas writes “Do not go gentle into that goodnight … Rage, rage against the dying of the light” (Thomas 1-3). Meaning he wants his father to fight against death no matter how unbeatable death is . Let Me Die In My Footsteps is similar how Dylan also writes about death. Dylan accepts death for what is it, but he says he won't die underground. He wants to die
Let Me Die In My Footsteps doesn't only just talk about death. Dylan also writes about nature. He writes about nature being beautiful. How to appreciate nature and how beautiful it is to experience it: “Let me drink from the waters where the mountain streams flood Let me smell of wildflowers flow free through my blood Let me sleep in your meadows with the green grassy leaves” (Dylan 41-48). He also writes about fear, and how fear is used to control people. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night deals with death with an angry approach. Thomas writes about being angry at death he's angry it's chosen to take away his father.Thomas is angry at death for slowly taking his daughter away from him whereas Dylan accepts death for what it is and knows it's going to happen wherever he is, and choses to live his life the way he wants until death comes to collect