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Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night--- by Dylan Thomas Du Xinrun Dylan Marlais Thomas (October 27, 1914 – November 9, 1953) a Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas, 1914–1953 Born in Swansea, South Wales, son of a severe headmaster Fragile in health but rich in imagination. Never financially comfortable, always struggling to support his family, but lived a boisterous, turbulent, bohemian life with a reputation for gustatorial lovemaking. Died of excessive drinking in New York. He had once read his own and others’ poetry in his impressive sonorous voice on the BBC. His complex imagery is based on many sources, including Welsh legend, Christian symbolism, witchcraft, astronomy, and Freudian psychology Villanelle [.vil?‘nel]维拉内拉诗( 16 世纪法国的19 行二韵体诗) Traditional poetic form that entered English-language poetry in the late 1800s from the imitation of French models. 19 lines long, but only uses two rhymes First five stanzas are triplets[‘triplit]三个一组, last stanza is a quatrain. [’kw?trein]四行诗 The rhyme scheme is as follows: “aba aba aba aba aba abaa” Repeats two lines throughout the poem (refrains). Line 1 is repeated as Line 6, 12 and 18; Line 3 repeated as Lines 9,15,19 Lines 18-19 make a rhymed couplet. [‘k?plit]对句，偶句 Explanation of the poem (a critical essay) This poem, written in 1951 when Thomas’s father was dying, is a concentrated study of man facing death. In vigorous, lively words, Thomas urges his father to meet death with a strong spirit and courage and resistance. He tells his father about the death of wise men, good men, wild men and grave men, since his father embodies all those same qualities. Explanation of the poem (a critical essay) Wise men resist death because they have not yet succeeded in speaking words that were as powerful as they wished; Good men do not want to die because their deeds have not yet produced good enough results; Wild men regret that they did not keep the joyful energy of their youth, but allowed themselves to grow sad, and t