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"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. [1] Though first published in the journal Botteghe Oscure in 1951, [ 2 ] Thomas wrote the poem in 1947 while visiting Florence with his family.
Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) [1] was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion", as well as the "play for voices" Under Milk Wood.
On the relationship between form and content, Anne Ridler notes in an introduction to her own poem "Villanelle for the Middle of the Way" a point made by T. S. Eliot, that "to use very strict form is a help, because you concentrate on the technical difficulties of mastering the form, and allow the content of the poem a more unconscious and ...
Spread the love at bedtime with these sweet and sincere messages from poets, performers and more!
21. “Learn from yesterday, live for today, look to tomorrow, rest this afternoon.”— Charles M. Schulz. 22. “Sleep is the best time to repair, but it’s hard to get a good night’s rest ...
Good Night (1895) Songs and Other Verses (1895) One Way of Love: an Idyll (1898) The Poet’s Larder and Other Stories (1904) The Young Gardeners’ Kalendar (1904) Sea-Thrift (1904) In Summer Time (1905) Shadow-Rabbit, with Gertrude M. Bradley (1906) A Ballad of Victory and other poems (1907) Poems (1910)
"She Walks in Beauty" is a short lyrical poem in iambic tetrameter written in 1814 by Lord Byron, and is one of his most famous works. [2] It is said to have been inspired by an event in Byron's life. On 11 June 1814, Byron attended a party in London. Among the guests was Mrs. Anne Beatrix Wilmot, wife of Byron's first cousin, Sir Robert Wilmot ...
Maxine Kumin was born Maxine Winokur on June 6, 1925 in Philadelphia, the daughter of Jewish parents, and attended a Catholic kindergarten and primary school.She received her B.A. in 1946 and her M.A. in 1948 from Radcliffe College of Harvard University.