Sonnet 116 'And Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night'

In this essay I will be writing about the presentation of love in the poems: Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare, Sonnet 71 also by William Shakespeare, Remember written by Christina Rossetti, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night by Dylan Thomas, A Mother In A Refugee Camp by Chinua Achebe and Piano written by David Herbert Lawrence.
The first idea of love presented by Shakespeare in Sonnet 116 is that love can overcome obstacles that arise in the journey of love. In the first quatrain Shakespeare writes ‘Let me not to the marriage of true minds / Admit impediments.’ The quote suggests that true lovers should not allow objections and obstacles to come in between their love for each other. ‘Admit impediments’ is a deliberate echo of a marriage ceremony. The quote is the opening line of the sonnet, this sets the tone for the rest of
Dylan Thomas writes in the last two lines of the Villanelle ‘Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.’ This negative imperative urges his farther to fight against death. Thomas uses euphemism ‘the dying of the light’ to represent a positive spin on a negative word, as this is the last line of the villanelle the reader is left with positive thoughts, which is a contrast to the negative imperative ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’ which is repeated throughout the poem, The anger is caused by the unconditional love Thomas has for his farther. The want for his farther to fight death is a contrast to Remember after the Volta as Thomas has no awareness of his farther needs, he is just thinking about what he wants. The son wants his farther to deny death, this is similar to A mother in a Refugee Camp where the mother denies the illness or the coming of death of her child when the mother still carries on combing his hair, even when he is