Do not go Gentle into that Good Night

1. How it connects to my thoughts and feelings

1.1. I believe that we should all try to live life to the fullest extent and take any risks and opportunities worth taking.

2. How I connect to my deeper meaning

2.1. I think that we shouldn't just accept death and that and the end of our lives, we should fight death and love and bless our family and to spread your wisdom and experience that you have gathered throughout your life with others in need of it.

3. Meaning

3.1. Surface

3.1.1. His Father Dying

3.2. Deeper

3.2.1. Going towards death is not something we should just accept, we should fight it instead and die in glory with emotion.

4. Evidence

4.1. "Old age should burn and rave at close of day"

4.2. "Though wise men know their end dark is right", A wise, probably old man,even though he knows death is coming to him, he doesn't accept it because words used to be his greatest ally but when he dies, he won't be able to talk and influence the decisions that others make. That's why he wants to remain alive, so that he can make a difference.

4.3. "rage, rage against the dying of the light", to burn with life and brightness.

4.4. 3rd stanza, people who have lived long still want to live because their lives could still have been more and they could have done more.

4.5. 4th stanza, even wild people realize the meaning of their lives, even if it is too late and they don't just want to fade away into death.

4.6. 5th stanza, Even people who have been disabled as they grew older still want to live happily and can live happily for the remainder of their lives, and because they know they cn handle growing old, they want to live and fight against "the dying of the light"

4.7. Final Stanza, telling someone(probably his father), to live for as long as possible and to live with emotion and feelings while he still can and that he doesn't die without putting up a fight.