Life and Death in Thomas's Do Not Go Gentle and Frost's Stopping by Woods"'Carpe Diem'('seize the day') is a Latin phrase that has come to denote an important literary motif especially 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 Sia “Stopping by Woods). on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost and "Do Not Go Gentle" by Dylan Thomas explore the idea that people should try to live life to the fullest. Thomas' poem, written to his father, uses a very emotional and pleading that deeply appeals to the audience, while Frost's poem, a series of thoughts on his eventual death, displays a more thoughtful, practical and subtle style that subtly forces the audience to think about their own demise. The themes of the two poems are similar in that both explain that death is imminent, that people should not take the time they have left on earth for granted, and that people need courage to face death and to realize when death can wait. Thomas, however, firmly believes that people should take an active role in what happens to them throughout their lives, as evident in his fervent and convincing tone, while Frost believes that every person has an appropriate time to die and that people should try to achieve a goal. their obligations before giving in to the temptation of death. "Do Not Go Gentle" is an emotional plea to Dylan's elderly 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. “Anger, anger against the dying of the light” (Thomas 2570), a line that repeats throughout the poem, best on...... middle of paper......rature. (1994) 1344.Holbrook, David. Dylan Thomas: The Night Code. 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 Spirit. Princeton: PrincetonUniversity Press, 1984. 94, 187-190, 197.Pritchard, William H. Frost: A Literary Life Reconsidered. Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1985. 43. Stanford, Derek. Dylan Thomas. New York: The Citadel Press, 1986. 116-118.Thomas, Dylan. "Don't go slow." The Norton Anthology of English Literature. (1996) 2570.Wagoner, Hyatt H. “A Writer of Poetry: The Life and Work of Robert Frost,” The Times Literary Supplement. April 16, 1971, 433-34.Zverev, A. Untitled. Criticism of Poetry, vol. I. 222.