Perceptions of Death Trying to understand a poem when first reading it is very difficult. One must read the poem several times to understand the author's point. It is important to concentrate on grammatical structures and rhyme schemes. This essay will compare the work of Dylan Thomas' "Do not go gentle into that good night" to the work of Andrew Hudgins' "Elegy for My Father, Who Is Not Dead." Both works concentrate on their fathers, …showed first 75 words of 560 total…

…showed last 75 words of 560 total…as something that is dreary, while Hudgins views death as a joyous occasion that is just a stepping stone of life. Each poem reveals that the sons are not ready for their father's death. The authors feel that their fathers should try everything to avoid death. Also, the authors not that their life's would not be the same without their fathers beside them. Death is a word that can be interpreted in many different ways.