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Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas. By: Kailee Davis. Biography. Born October 27, 1914 in Swansea, Wales Died on November 09, 1953 at the age of thirty-nine in New York City Attended Swansea Grammar School First international publication was published in 1933 “A Death Shall Have No Dominion”

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Dylan Thomas

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  1. Dylan Thomas By: Kailee Davis

  2. Biography • Born October 27, 1914 in Swansea, Wales • Died on November 09, 1953 at the age of thirty-nine in New York City • Attended Swansea Grammar School • First international publication was published in 1933 “A Death Shall Have No Dominion” • Best known for the poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” • Fun fact: Thomas was a heavy drinker and he died soon after leaving the NYC pub the White Horse Tavern Source: www.biography.com/people/dylan-thomas-9505719

  3. Quotes • “When one burns one’s bridges, what a very nice fire it makes.” • “Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great.” • “There is only one position for an artist anywhere; and that is upright.”

  4. “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”

  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mRec3VbH3w

  6. Analysis • Second-person (Stanzas 1 and 6) • Addressed directly to his father • Third-Person (Remaining stanzas) • Villanelle • Tone is very inspirational and motivational • Six stanzas with three sentences in each of the first five stanzas and four in the last • aba in the first five stanzas; abaa in the last stanza • Iambic pentameter

  7. Alliteration: “go, good” (first stanza); “deeds, danced” (third stanza) “sang, sun” (fourth stanza); “learn, late” (fourth stanza); “see, sight” (fifth stanza); “blinding, blind, blaze” (fifth stanza) • Assonance: “age, rave, day” (first stanza); “blaze, gay, rage” (fifth stanza) • Metaphor: “good night compared to death” (first stanza) • Oxymoron: “blinding sight” (fifth stanza); “fierce tears” (sixth stanza) • Simile: “blind eyes could blaze like meteors” (fifth stanza) • Repetition: “Rage, Rage”

  8. My Thoughts • The main message is that life is a precious thing that should be cherished and fought for • This poem really spoke to me because although it is speaking of how quickly death can come and has a feeling of sadness, it also shows that we should fight to live and enjoy the life we have

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