Life and death in Do Not Go Gentle by Thomas and Frost's Stopping by Woods"'Carpe Diem'('seize the day' ) is a Latin phrase that has come to denote an important literary motif particularly common in lyric poetry: the encouragement to make the most of the present life while it lasts, or to "live for the moment" (The UVic Writer's Guide). Robert Frost's "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle" both explore the idea that people should try to live their lives to the fullest. written to his father, employs a highly emotional and pleading style that deeply appeals to the audience, while Frost's poem, a series of reflections on his own eventual death, presents a more pensive, practical, and subtle style that artfully compels the audience. thinking about their own eventual demise The themes of the two poems are similar in that both explain that death is imminent, that people should not take for granted the time they have left on earth and that people have. need courage to face death and understand when death can wait. Thomas, however, firmly believes that people should take an active role in what happens to them during their lives, as evidenced by his fervent and compelling tone, while Frost believes that every person has an appropriate time to die and that People should try to fulfill their obligations before giving in to the temptation of death. “Do Not Go Gentle” is an emotional plea to Dylan’s aging father to stay alive and fight death, without altering his individualism. In other words, Dylan wants his father to take charge of his life and control his own destiny. "Rage, rage against the death of light" (Thomas 2570), a line that is repeated throughout the poem, best su...... middle of paper ......rature. (1994) 1344. Holbrook, David. Dylan Thomas: The Code of the Night. University of London: The Athlone Press, 1972. 196. Holbrook, David. Llareggub Revisited: Dylan Thomas and the State of Modern Poetry. Cambridge: Bowes and Bowes, 1965. 100-101.Kidder, Rushworth M. Dylan Thomas: The Land of the Mind. Princeton: PrincetonUniversity Press, 1984. 94, 187-190, 197. Pritchard, William H. Frost: A Literary Life Reconsidered. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1985. 43.Stanford, Derek. Dylan Thomas. New York: The Citadel Press, 1986. 116-118. Thomas, Dylan. “Don’t take it easy.” The Norton Anthology of English Literature. (1996) 2570. Wagoner, Hyatt H. “A Writer of Poems: The Life and Works of Robert Frost,” Times Literary Supplement. April 16, 1971, 433-34.Zverev, A. Untitled. Poetry Review, Vol. I. 222.