Elegy for My Father, Who is Not Dead

"he talks about the world beyond this world
as though his reservations have been made."

I believe this entire poem to be a conflict of religion. The dying father believes in the after life, but his child does not. This brings up much unrest about the father's deathly condition. He is at peace with his state when his child is not. The child longs for my time now, while the father isn't worried because he knows he'll have more time with his child in the future. He believes that the afterlife will be a fresh start and an excellent opportunity to rekindle a loving relationship with his child. On the other hand, the child seems a little bitter as if they were severely wronged by the father. It almost feels like the child may not think the father is worthy of heaven. I mean, they're writing an elegy for their living father. Luckily, the day of his dying is not drawing near quickly. The child just seems to know that this is how his/her father's passing will be, and he's/ she's already dreading it.

Lonely Hearts

Is it you?
Please say some poem junky uses this for their e-harmony advertisement. I believe this is really some sort of letter or atleast not verbalized. This writer describes themself, asks for a lover, and asks a rhetorical question in each stanza. Ironic enough, as the poem goes on, the writer becomes more specific. Oddly enough, I cannot figure out the gender of the writer. They will take a lover who is bisexual, straight, or gay. This writer merely needs a companion. Limitations are put on the type of person he/she will go for because he/she has a child, is jewish, and likes slim non-smokers who are under twenty one. Other than that, hey this writer will take anyone. I have a feeling that these rhetorical questions were all answered with "No. You're a creep and I'm from America."

Death, be not proud

"Thou art slave to Fate"

Dylan Thomas is trying to humble death. With anger in every word, he proclaims that death has no power over him inr rhyme. I thought poems didn't have to rhyme, but oh well. The point being made is that death is not the matermind of loss, but cause of death is. Death simply hangs around as diseases and accidents get the job done, but Death gets the glory when the person is gone. Thomas realizes this, and wants to put an end to it. Death isn't even that terrible because it is only after death that we can enjoy eternal life. In that way death isn't "mighty" at all, and doesn't deserve the credentials it has. The whole poem reminds me of a adolosecent fight that ends with "well I don't like you, so HAH!"

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

"Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,

Rage, Rage against the dying of the light."

This poem is jam packed with repition.  The speaker is pleading with his father to not succumb to od age. He wants his father to live life to the fullest instead of just kicking back and giving up because he's older now With words like "rage" I can assume that the speaker doesn't want his father to go down without a fight.

I also noticed that the progression of the second line of each stanza parallels the progression of the latter years oflife. The elderly go from wise yet powerful, to frail and memorable, to grieving, and finally blind to the life around them.

This good night can not be too awesome. I think the good night implies the ignorance of old age. When one gives into being old, they also give up many aspirations and goals they had dreamed of achieving because they begin to simply wait for death all of the time. This son is just so emotional that he's desperate to see his father reject his age. The son is asking his father to be wise because good many are emotional, wild men miss out on the true essence of life, and grave men don't even experience life.

Depression, Party of Two?

This thou perceiv’st, which makes thy love more strong,
To love that well which thou must leave ere long

Fall is always a time of death and decay, in shades of lovely reds and yellows. Trees lose there leaves, and woodland creature get all set for their annual naps. The speaker of "That time of year" feels like his relationship is going through the same dying cycle. He feels himself withering way, but he also feels his mistress holding on. This leads me to believe that maybe the speaker is ill. However, I would not say he is morbid because Fall  is one of four seasons which cycle year round. This knowledge leads me to believe that the relationship is having some sort of rough patch but it will be reborn eventually. The last line of the poem (as seen above) indicates that the speaker is well aware that the relationship is strong at this point, so either he has soom unfortunate news to break to his maiden or he's depressed.