Most of analysis/interpretation of poem, including intro and start of 2nd body paragraph and conclusion:
             Authors of all types of literature, including stories, biographies, autobiographies, and poems, often incorporate a variety of literary devices into their works in order to express certain feelings, themes, and ideas. Dylan Thomas does such in his poem, "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night." He uses a variety of literary devices, including metaphors, repetition of lines, assonance, alliteration, and mood. The poem is also written in such a manner that when read, a steady beat remains constant throughout the poem. This, including a set rhyme scheme, keeps the reader focused on the meaning of each individual line while reading it. The overall theme of Thomas' poem is basically to not give up when you are dying; he points out how several different types of men object, in one way or another, to the coming of their deaths, and Dylan Thomas is telling his father to do the same.
             "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" is a villanelle, consisting of six stanzas: five tursets and one quatrain. It is written in iambic pentameter, giving it a steady beat when read correctly. The rhyme scheme is in a consistent ABA pattern for each stanza, with the exception of the last stanza, where it is ABAA. "Dying" and "light" in the last lines of stanzas one, three, five, and six are an example of the poem's assonance, as well as "rave" and "day" in Line 2, "men" and "end" in the first line of the second stanza, which could also be considered internal rhyme, "by," "crying," and "bright" in the first line of the third stanza, "blind eyes" and "like" in the second line of the fifth stanza, and "fierce tears" in the second line of the sixth stanza. Alliteration exists in the poem, as well. The phrase, ...