A Plea From A Son to His Father

The central theme in the poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into that Good Night" written by Daniel Thomas, is addressing dying men not to not give into death easily; they must fight death. The poem gives examples of four different types of men acting in "rage against the dying light." The men are "grave," "wild," "wise," and "good," and all of them refuse to give into death for different reasons. These stanzas are the speaker's attempts at convincing his father to not "go gentle into that good night." The speaker believes that even when men are old and weak, they should act as if they are energetic and excited about life. He feels very intensely about his father's impending death; his prayer is surrounded by the paradox of curses and blessings. This poem is a plea from a son whose only wish is that his father fight death.