Thomas was seriously ill however, it was not published until after his death on December 16, 1952. “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” was in all likelihood composed in 1945 when D. It had, according to Thomas, everything needed in a library. His father’s section held the classics, while his included modern poetry. In a 1933 letter to a friend, Dylan Thomas describes the library he shared with his father in their home.
A grammar school English teacher, he had a deep love for language and literature which he passed on to his son. In “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night,” a moving plea to his dying father, death takes on a new and intensely personal meaning for Thomas.ĭavid John Thomas was an important influence throughout his son Dylan’s life. The first poem that Dylan Thomas ever published, when he was only eighteen, was an early version of “And Death Shall Have No Dominion.” The cycle of life and death formed a constant underlying theme throughout his poetry since that earliest effort.
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