“Don’t go gentle into that good night.”

So I recently read the book series Matched, a dystopian/romance series by the author Allie Condie. It takes place in a utopian society, that is tightly controlled by the government. From what you eat, to when you die. Even you will be your life partner. Cassia Reyes, a 17 year old teen seems to have a glitch in her matching system. Even though this is a young adult book, it is still a really good book that will definitely catch a bookworms eye. (Below is a poem that is shown in the book.)

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on that sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

– Dylan Thomas

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