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cobblers last in Do non go gentle into that good wickedness and Death Be non dashing The poems Do not go gentle into that good darkness and Death Be not royal some(prenominal) deal with the vitrine of death. These poems seem to have contradictory meanings about death, yet at the comparable time have similar attitudes toward it. Death Be Not Proud talks about how death really has no power oer people, while Do not go gentle into that good night says that it is part of human nature to fight against death. Both Do not go gentle into that good night and Death Be Not Proud see death as an opponent however, one sees it as an adversary that is already defeated while the other sees it as an foe that must be defeated. In Death Be Not Proud Donne says those whom jet thinkst thou dost all everyplacethrow / Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me(lines 3-4). This passage shows Donnes belief that people will always sweep over death. In Thomas poem, he writes Good men, the last wave by, crying how slick / Their frail deeds might have danced in the green bay, / Rage, hydrophobia against the dying of the light (7-9). Even the good men are in the end defeated by death according to Thomas. The tone of both of these poems is one of resentment towards death, although in dissimilar ways. In Death Be Not Proud Donne hates death because it thinks it has power over humans and in his opinion just the opposite is true. Donne says that death is a slave to Fate, Chance, kings, and dreaded men. (9). He thinks death has no reason to be proud because he relies on these things for its power, so really people have power over death. Thomas feels almost the opposite, though. He sees death as having power over people, and is saying that people do not ... ...is father do the same. Although Death Be Not Proud is seemingly directed at the avatar of death, it seems like it could also be directed at the people who litigate death like it is Mighty and dreadful (2). He wa nts to get this message across to those that fear and respect death that death is controlled by people, not the other way around. These deuce poems can each be summed up by one line from each. In Do not go gentle into that good night the main point of the poem is antiquated age should burn and rave at the close of day (2), and in Death Be Not Proud, death shall be no more than Death, thou shalt die (14). When one looks at these two lines, the essence of these two poets disagreement on death is typified. Thomas believes one should not go gentle into that good night, while Donne believes death is the Rest of their bones, and souls delivery (8).