n away from the deceased. Covertly, Williams is scolding Thomas for putting himself in the poem about the death of his father when he has no business drawing attention from the event that is the death of his father. The purpose of the last stanza is to provide advice and a method of recourse for the younger or less experienced poets. When Williams writes, walk behind- as they do in France, seventh class, he could be saying that the poem should speak for itself and does not need to be read by the author, which is often the case with Dylan Thomas (Smith). Sit openly to the weather as to grieve could imply that a poet should succumb to failure because it will make him a stronger poet ( money in your pockets.) There is an implied parent-child relationship here. All parents want their children to be successful and to avoid the same pitfalls that they have encountered. Williams suggests for the younger poets to humbly seek advice from the elders to avoid suffering in the same ways. At the end of the poem, Williams tells the younger poets, Go now I think you are ready. This is Williams (the parent) saying to Dylan Thomas (the child):- I have taught you what you need to know, now go and use what I have taught you.According to William Carlos Williams, Dylan Thomas injects pretence into his poetry to obscure its meaning and disguise it as something that it is not. He also inserts his identity into his poetry. Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night is therefore, in the eyes of William Carlos Williams, a great example of how not to write a poem.Work CitedGeddes, Gary. 20th Century Poetry & Poetics: Fourth EditionOxford University Press. Toronto, 1996 Dylan Thomas. Carmen Smith. thinkquest.org 11/15/2000. *http://library.thinkquest.org/3187/thomas.html*William C. Williams. Poets.org. 11/15/2000*http://www.poets.org/poets.cfm?prmID=120 *Rage, Rage. Frank Beck. Poets.org. 11/15/2000* http://www.poets.org/poets.cfm?prmID=1159 *Do Not Go. Pete...
