others groups of men that have not gone ôgentle into that good nightö (Thomas 1937, 1). The first are ôwise menö, followed by ôgood menö, ôwild menö, and ôgrave menö (Thomas 1937, 1). None of these groups of men go gentle into the good night. Thomas uses different poetic techniques to add emphasis to their ôrage against the dying of the lightö. He relies on metaphor to a significant degree, explaining wise men who ôforked no lightningö with their words; good men whose ôfrail deedsàdanced in a green bayö; and, wild men who ôsang the sun in flightö did not go ôgentle into that good nightö (Thomas 1937, 1). The poet also uses simile when informing his father that even men near death, grave m
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