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The author's purpose seems to be to convince his father to keep fighting and keep going. The line "Old age should burn and rave at close of day,"  sets us up early on as the audience with the knowledge that the speaker is trying to convince someone of something. Throughout the course of the poem we learn it is the speaker's father who is the main intended audience, the speaker is trying to convince him to fight to live, giving the impression that this old man may not have a lot of fight left in him.

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I feel that the author's purpose was to express that death can come anytime and it is impossible to avoid. "Do not go gentle into that good night" This quote represents the author's denial about seeing someone pass. The tone seems sad and very serious.

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I feel the authors purpose was to encourage people to keep keeping on. The message of perseverance comes through with his powerful diction and rhythm. The line against fathers felt particularly powerful as it seemed personal.

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I feel that the author might resent how he spent is life. He is reflecting on his final moments left on earth. He uses a lot of vocabulary that reflect anger, which is why I believe that this message is very personal.

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The purpose of the poem is to express the desperate feeling of watching someone slip out of life. Without any control besides words, this poem does a great job portraying how unfair but inevitable death is, and though it comes for everyone, the best of people never feel they've done enough. And rage on.

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The purpose of the poem was to express denial. The message is about how we shouldn't accept death for what it is: the end of life. This is evident in Thomas' statement: "And you, my father, there on the sad height/Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray." It's like he's pleading with his dad to get mad, do anything but accept death because it means he can't be with him anymore.

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"Do not go gentle into that good night"
I feel that the author is mad and doesnt want to accept death is coming for his father." Wise men at the end know dark is right" the dying person greets death like old friend and fades away into the good night.

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Dylan Thomas was writing about his dying father. I felt like the message was that the best people always go and its not fair. the line " though wise men at the end know dark is right"

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I think he was musing on purposelessness and the effect it has on life as a forward experience. To be at the end, facing death, without the closure a life well lived delivers is infuriating. "Rage rage rage against the dying of the light". I figure it could also be relative to the goodness in the world being consumed by darkness.

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I feel as if the purpose of this poem was accepting death and grief. "Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright"

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I think that the purpose of this piece is express not being afraid of death but rather enjoying what life is offering presently. I think this is reinforced with "do not go gentle into that good night".

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I see this as a sort of motivational piece that will encourage his father to not wallow about death being so near. Think about the positives and be happy before you go.

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Purpose of the poem was to show his father to not fear death, but rather, accept it as it is a part of life and he should go forward without giving in to fear.

"Do not go gentle into that good night"

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Purpose: To help his dad accept death without fear.
Rage, rage against the dying of the night.