Find quotes from this poem, with commentary from Shmoop. Pick a theme below to begin.
Mortality Quotes
Do not go gentle into that good night (lines 1, 6, 12, 18)
Old Age Quotes
Old age should burn and rave at close of day; (line 2)
Transience Quotes
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, (lines 7-8)
Wisdom and Knowledge Quotes
wise men at their end know dark is right, (line 4)
Family Quotes
And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. (lines 16-17)