Dylan uses the practice of metaphors to help provoke anger in his poem. By using metaphors, he is able to say something that has more meaning than using singular words. For instance, when he writes in the first stanza, “Do not go gentle into that good night” (1), and “dying of the light” (3), whenever he says “good night” or “light,” it is a metaphor for death and life. Throughout his poem, he compares night or darkness to death, and light to life. By saying “Do not go gentle” (1), he is saying for one to not to let the darkness have authority, but to draw a temper and not let darkness have dominion. Using these metaphors …show more content…
He uses repetition to emphasize his point. To illustrate, Dylan uses the word “rage” (3) multiple times throughout his poem. He echoes the same word multiple times to show its significance in his poem. By Dylan saying, “Do not go gentle / rage against the dying of the night” (1-3), these expressions that are repeated at the end of every other stanza oppose the view of passivity. He is saying not to be lethargic and sit by and let death take over, but to take action, get angry, and fight for life when death comes knocking. Repetition enables him to reveal his theme of non-passive anger in a clear and understandable