Dylan Thomas 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night'

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The loss of a family member or the death of somebody close is a challenge that is certain to happen but the hardest to go through. The challenge of losing a significant member in the family is explored by Dylan Thomas in “Do not go gentle into that good night”. The poem is about a father and son relationship and how the son doesn’t want his father to give in easily to death at his old age. The son pleads for his father to fight against the pain and to not give in easily to death. He refuses to accept this challenge as fate but demands that his father fights against it, which goes against the norm.
The metaphor, “good night”, picks up on the common bedtime phrase “goodnight” and implies death, lying down to rest for a final night’s sleep. The metaphor is extended throughout the poem;

We are still able to see the different reactions from different characters. One reaction that is considered to be striking is that of the father. The phrase “I met my father crying” has a strong effect on the reader. Fathers are typically the ones who are emotionally strong as suggested later on with the phrase “he had always taken funerals in his stride” showing that he was able to control his emotions. However, the loss of his son at such a young age had a strong impact on his emotions. Heaney contrasts this with the reaction of the mother who, we would expect to be tearful, shows “angry tearless sighs”. This contrast allows the reader to take in the different reactions. Finally, the last reaction of emotion we can clearly see is that of the Baby as it “cooed and laughed and rocked the pram”. This reaction shows us that the baby is not mature enough of age and doesn’t understand what is going on showing that emotional challenges don’t occur at such young