![]() You know, they couldn't go in the hospital. poet laureate Billy Collins.īILLY COLLINS: So many people recently - hundreds of thousands of people were denied a deathbed scene. The poem is especially poignant this year, says former U.S. TOM VITALE, BYLINE: "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" shakes an angry fist at death as the speaker pleads with a dying father to burn and rave at close of day. GARCIA-NAVARRO: Published the year before, the poem was already famous, and its popularity has never waned. In the winter of 1952, Dylan Thomas concluded a reading at New York's 92nd Street Y with one of his newer poems.ĭYLAN THOMAS: And I'd like to end with "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night." ![]() And today, we're going to look at one of the most recognizable poems in the English language. ![]()
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