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E n g l i s h<br />

again in reference to his fa<strong>the</strong>r, as well as <strong>the</strong> “grave [man].” Both<br />

poems make a plea to Thomas’s fa<strong>the</strong>r to “rage” against “that<br />

darkest day.” Unfortunately in <strong>the</strong> “Elegy,” Thomas’s fa<strong>the</strong>r does<br />

just <strong>the</strong> opposite; “He dreaded that he died…what he was was<br />

plain.” Thomas’s fa<strong>the</strong>r had done in <strong>the</strong> “Elegy” what <strong>the</strong> wise<br />

men and good men had done, which was end <strong>the</strong>ir lives without<br />

any larger meaning, importance, or great accomplishment.<br />

Thomas yearned to see his fa<strong>the</strong>r leave <strong>the</strong> world proudly,<br />

arrogantly, battling <strong>the</strong> “dying of <strong>the</strong> night,” but, instead, he left<br />

“without a breath” (Westphal 114).<br />

Works Cited<br />

Cyr, Marc D. “Dylan Thomas’s ‘Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night’: Through ‘Lapis Lazuli’ to<br />

King Lear.” Papers on Language and Literature 34.2 (1998):207-17. ProQuest Research Library.<br />

Proquest. Montgomery Coll. Lib., Conroe, TX. 22 June 2007 .<br />

Murdy, Louise. “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night.” Literary Cavalcade<br />

(Jan 2001):26. ProQuest Research Library. Proquest. Montgomery Coll.<br />

Lib., Conroe, TX. 22 June 2007 .<br />

Napierkowski, Marie, and Mary Ruby. “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night.” Poetry<br />

for Students 1 (2002):49-60. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale. Montgomery<br />

Coll. Lib., Conroe, TX. 22 June .<br />

Westphal, Jonathan. “Thomas’s Do not Go Gentle into that Good Night.” The<br />

Explicator 52.2 (1994):113-16. ProQuest Reasearch Library. Proquest. Montgomery<br />

Coll. Lib., Conroe, TX. 22 June 2007 .<br />

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