Do not go gentle into that good night
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"Do not go gentle into that good night" is a famous villanelle by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, renowned for its passionate exhortation to resist death and its refrain "Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Do not go gentle into that good night canonical | 2 |
| Do Not Go Gentle | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4774254 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Do not go gentle into that good night Context triple: [Dylan Thomas, notableWork, Do not go gentle into that good night]
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A.
Funeral Blues
"Funeral Blues" is a famous elegiac poem by W. H. Auden that poignantly expresses grief and the devastation of losing a loved one.
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B.
Because I could not stop for Death
"Because I could not stop for Death" is a renowned lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that personifies Death as a courteous suitor escorting the speaker on a reflective journey toward eternity.
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C.
Being Alive
"Being Alive" is a climactic, introspective song from Stephen Sondheim’s musical *Company*, in which the protagonist confronts his fear of intimacy and expresses a yearning for genuine connection.
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D.
I felt a Funeral, in my Brain
"I felt a Funeral, in my Brain" is a lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that vividly depicts psychological anguish and the disintegration of consciousness through the extended metaphor of an internal funeral.
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E.
My Life had stood—a Loaded Gun
"My Life had stood—a Loaded Gun" is a powerful and enigmatic poem by Emily Dickinson that explores themes of identity, power, anger, and the relationship between the self and its latent potential.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Do not go gentle into that good night Target entity description: "Do not go gentle into that good night" is a famous villanelle by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, renowned for its passionate exhortation to resist death and its refrain "Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
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A.
Funeral Blues
"Funeral Blues" is a famous elegiac poem by W. H. Auden that poignantly expresses grief and the devastation of losing a loved one.
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B.
Because I could not stop for Death
"Because I could not stop for Death" is a renowned lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that personifies Death as a courteous suitor escorting the speaker on a reflective journey toward eternity.
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C.
Being Alive
"Being Alive" is a climactic, introspective song from Stephen Sondheim’s musical *Company*, in which the protagonist confronts his fear of intimacy and expresses a yearning for genuine connection.
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D.
I felt a Funeral, in my Brain
"I felt a Funeral, in my Brain" is a lyric poem by Emily Dickinson that vividly depicts psychological anguish and the disintegration of consciousness through the extended metaphor of an internal funeral.
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E.
My Life had stood—a Loaded Gun
"My Life had stood—a Loaded Gun" is a powerful and enigmatic poem by Emily Dickinson that explores themes of identity, power, anger, and the relationship between the self and its latent potential.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poem
ⓘ
villanelle ⓘ |
| addressedTo | a dying father ⓘ |
| addressee | Dylan Thomas's father ⓘ |
| author | Dylan Thomas ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Wales ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
frequently studied in schools and universities
ⓘ
often quoted in popular culture ⓘ widely anthologized ⓘ |
| exploresTypeOfMen |
good men
ⓘ
grave men ⓘ wild men ⓘ wise men ⓘ |
| finalStanzaLineCount | 4 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Botteghe Oscure ⓘ |
| form | villanelle ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | numerous readings and performances ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced | later poems about death and resistance ⓘ |
| hasSpeaker | unnamed son ⓘ |
| hasStructure | five tercets and a quatrain ⓘ |
| imperativePhrase |
Do not go gentle
ⓘ
Rage, rage ⓘ |
| includedIn | The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas ⓘ |
| languageRegister | formal and elevated ⓘ |
| lineCountPerStanza | 3 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter (predominantly) ⓘ |
| notableQuote |
Do not go gentle into that good night
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Rage, rage against the dying of the light ⓘ |
| numberOfLines | 19 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| refrain |
Do not go gentle into that good night
ⓘ
Rage, rage against the dying of the light ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA ⓘ |
| setting | near the end of the father’s life ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
approach to death
ⓘ
human dignity ⓘ |
| theme |
aging
ⓘ
defiance ⓘ father–son relationship ⓘ mortality ⓘ resistance to death ⓘ |
| tone |
defiant
ⓘ
passionate ⓘ urgent ⓘ |
| usesRepetitionOf | imperative verbs ⓘ |
| yearPublished | 1951 ⓘ |
| yearWritten | 1947 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Do not go gentle into that good night Description of subject: "Do not go gentle into that good night" is a famous villanelle by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, renowned for its passionate exhortation to resist death and its refrain "Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
Referenced by (3)
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