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Do not go gentle into that good night (for SATB unaccompanied, with divisi)

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Hi! I just finished another choral piece, based on Dylan Thomas' famous poem "Do not go gentle into good night"... According to Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night), this poem was written for his dying father before Christmas, and below is a brief summary...

In the first stanza, the speaker encourages his father not to "go gentle into that good night" but rather to "rage, rage against the dying of the light." Then, in the subsequent stanzas, he proceeds to list all manner of men, using terms such as "wise", "good", "wild", and "grave" as descriptors, who, in their own respective ways, embody the refrains of the poem. In the final stanza, the speaker implores his father, whom he observes upon a "sad height", begging him to "Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears", and reiterates the refrains once more.

 

Do not go gentle into that good night

Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953)

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 the 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.

 

Any comments or suggestions will be appreciated 🙂 Once ready, I'd also like to work on some notations, piano reductions, etc...

Have a nice day!

why not use the (exact same) setting of "rage" of the last line you realized in each "rage" line before it?
I ask because clearly it stands out the most!

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