Response to literature

The poet Dylan Thomas leaves a message to his readers to live their lives to the fullest.' Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.' is a compelling and unique work of literature that delivers this message. In this poem the author literally and symbolically shows the reader a man who is next to his dying father. He is telling him to fight on for life and telling him about the good deeds he has done to change a lot of people. Proof that supports this message can be found in lines throughout the poem.

A line that supports the author's message to live life to the fullest reads, "Old age should burn and rave at close of day." At this point the man is telling his father that even though he's growing older and...