This poem by Dylan Thomas is a passionate plea to his dying father to fight against death. It is a powerful and moving poem that speaks of the struggle to accept death and the importance of living life to the fullest. The poem is written in a villanelle form and is full of imagery
"Do not go gentle into that good night" is a poem in the form of a villanelle by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), and is one of his best-known works. Though first published in the journal Botteghe Oscure in 1951, Thomas wrote the poem in 1947 while visiting Florence with his family. The poem was subsequently included, alongside other works by Thomas, in In Country Sleep, and Other Poems and Collected Poems, 1934–1952. The poem entered the public domain in all countries outside the United States on 1 January 2024.