Hang in there a little longer!

The poem, "Do Not go Gentile into that Good Night" has a theme of perserverence. The speaker is talking to someone who is obviously old of age and suffering from an illness. Throughout the poem the speaker keeps telling the person to hold on and not give up quite yet. He says, "Rage, rage against the dying of the light." Once again in this poem as well, light represents the disppearing sun at the end of the day. Toward the end of the poem, the reader figures out that the speaker is actually talking to his father. He is telling him that you may hate/curse me know, but you will be glad you put up a fight. I can only pray that I never have to have this conversation with my father someday.