Don T Go Gentle Into That Good Night

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The Edwardian, modern and postmodern times were three essential and compelling periods in British literature. Throughout these periods prolific writers arouse and were able to write and express their feelings about their eras. Amid both of these eras society was significantly changing and there was development all over, new advances in innovation were being made and the lifestyles of individuals, families, and women were drastically changing. The changing scene brought on a hullabaloo of productive authors and artists who would write about the positive and negative things affecting their general public. Some of these amazing authors that we studied this semester included Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad, W.H. Auden, Dylan Thomas, Virginia Woolf and J.K. Rowling. These writers and poets expounded on comparable topics that were influenced by their day and age.
Amid these periods, topics were explained all through various types of literature. The topics that were explained were enormously impacted by the time periods they were composed in. While reading the distinctive pieces of literature from the Edwardian, Modern and Postmodern eras I saw that they all have the theme …show more content…

Rather they ought to be brave and battle as emphatically as they can to carry on with a more extended life. If they somehow managed to kick the bucket, they ought to pass on battling boldly and not offer into death effectively. All throughout the poem in the last lines of stanzas one, two, three and four the speaker rehashes "Rage, rage against the dying of light". These lines demonstrate the speaker’s direness of battling for one’s life and not surrendering. The speaker is stating to not surrender and let demise take you so effectively, demonstrate some bravery and battle for your life as hard as possible. It takes bravery for a person to battle for their

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