The Road Not Taken - Robert Frost
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost (1874–1963).
Mountain Interval. 1920.
Say not the Struggle nought Availeth - ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH
Say not the Struggle nought Availeth
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All the world’s a stage - Shakespeare
All the world’s a stage (The Seven Ages of Man)
William Shakespeare
Music, When Soft Voices Die - Shelley
Music, When Soft Voices Die
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Commentary: "Music, When Soft Voices Die" is a major poem by , written in 1821 and first published in Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1824 in London by John and Henry L. Hunt with a preface by Mary Shelley.[1] The poem is one of the most anthologised, influential, and well-known of Shelley's works.
A Morte Devagar (A Slow Death) - Martha Medeiros
A Morte Devagar (A Slow Death)
Martha Medeiros
NB - This poem was previously erroneously attributed as ‘You Start Dying Slowly by Pablo Neruda’.
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night - Dylan Thomas
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Dylan Thomas, 1914 - 1953
Dylan Thomas (1914–1953), a renowned Welsh poet, crafted the villanelle "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," widely regarded as one of his masterpieces. First published in 1951 in the journal Botteghe Oscure, it was later included in his 1952 collection In Country Sleep and Other Poems.
He wrote this poem during a period of personal turmoil, as his father, David John (D.J.) Thomas, was battling illness and nearing death. It was written during the post-World War II era, a time when themes of mortality and survival were particularly resonant due to the global devastation of the war. The poem’s impassioned tone reflects Thomas’s desire for his father to fight against death, as well as a broader meditation on human defiance in the face of mortality.
This powerful poem, urging resistance against death with the refrain "rage, rage against the dying of the light," resonates deeply with themes of defiance and perseverance. Its message aligns with the core theme of human survival in the film Interstellar (2014), where the character Professor Brand (played by Michael Caine) recites the poem, emphasizing humanity's unyielding struggle to endure against existential threats.
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