Question

1. What is the difference between the way Dylan Thomas and Alfred, Lord Tennyson use figurative language to describe death? Write a detailed response at least one paragraph in length. Begin with a topic sentence and be sure to include specific examples from the poems.

THIS QUESTION IS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE READ AND EXAMINED THE FOLLOWING POEMS:
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night - by Dylan Thomas
The Charge of The Light Brigade - by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Answer 1

In Dylan Thomas’s poem, “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”, He is telling his father to try to fight death. “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” When Dylan Thomas wrote, “dying of the light”, he was referring to death. He also writes, “Do not go gentle into that good night,” This means that he is telling readers to deny death, and don’t go without a without a fight. He uses imagery to paint a picture in the reader’s head.
In Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem, “The Charge of The Light Brigade”, He is telling a story to the readers. He is telling how the Light Brigade went into war. In the poem, he says, “Shattered and sundered. They rode back, but not, not the six hundred.” He is saying that men died in the war, and because of that, there are less than six hundred. The readers have a sense of anxiousness as Alfred, Lord Tennyson puts the battle into war. While Dylan Thomas’s poem, it is all about fighting death. In Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s poem, it is somewhat accepting death.

Answer 2

In the poem from Dylan Thomas, ''Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night,'' he is convincing and telling his father to fight away death. In the poem, Dylan wrote, ''dying of the light,'' quoting that he is referring to death. To accompany the situation and description of death he writes, ''Do not go gentle into that goof night.'' Throughout the poem Thomas is convincing the readers to deny death and fight it. The writer uses imagery to paint a vivid picture inside the readers head.
''The Charge Of The Light Brigade'' is a poem by Lord Tennyson, that tells a story to the readers. The story is abut how the Light brigade went to war. The writer uses terrifying description of the war and how the men died: “Shattered and sundered. They rode back, but not, not the six hundred.” When reading the poem you receive a sense of anxiousness as the poem goes on to describe the war.
The Dylan Thomas poem says you should fight death, but Lord Tennyson's poem says you should somewhat accept it.
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