“Do not go softly into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.” –Dylan ThomasDylan Thomas wanted to entertain people more than anything with his work. He was passionate about performing his work on BBC radio and performing it live in front of an audience. Dylan Thomas faced tragedy in his life and his pain is shown in several poems. Ultimately, his most famous poems “Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night” and “Death Shall Have No Dominion Over Me” illustrate that the human spirit does not go forward without a fight. AUTHOR'S BIOGRAPHY Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, on 27 October 1914. As a child he spent much of his life in Swansea; however he made trips to visit his maternal aunts' Carmarthenshire farms. Carmarthenshire gave him inspiration for much of his work, particularly his short stories, radio essays and the poem Fern Hill. Thomas suffered from illness as a child; he usually suffered from bronchitis or asthma. Thomas' formal education began at Mrs. Hole's Dame School, a private school located a few streets away on Mirador Crescent (The Biography of Dylan Thomas). In October 1925, Thomas attended Swansea Grammar School. Thomas's first poem was published in the school magazine; he later became the magazine's editor. He began keeping poetry notebooks and a total of 200 poems in four diaries between 1930 and 1934. He left school at 16 to become a reporter for the local newspaper, the South Wales Daily Post, only to quit the job under pressure at 18 months later, in 1932 (The Biography of Dylan Thomas). Of the 90 poems he published, half were written during these early years. His highly regarded first volume of poetry, 18 Poems, was published on......middle of the paper...that's what's important. That with God we can conquer death and we do not go gently into the night and that is a message worth sharing. Works Cited “The Biography of Dylan Thomas.” Poemhunter.com. Np, nd Web. 05 April 2014. "Dylan Thomas Biography." Bio.com. Biographical Channel Website, 2014. Web. 05 April 2014. "Dylan Thomas." Dylan Thomas Com is the writer's official website. City and County of Swansea, n.d. Web. 06 April 2014. .Maud, Ralph. Where Did the Old Men Get Me?: Dylan Thomas's Collected Poetry Explained. Montreal: McGill-Queen's UP, 2003. Print.Yorke, Erin. “Poetry Analysis and Death Shall Have No Rule by Dylan Thomas.” Humanities 360. RR Donnelley, 17 May 2012. Web. 06 April. 2014.