William Cullen Bryant and Dylan Thomas
             William Cullen Bryant and Dylan Thomas were inspirational writers of their time. They wrote poetry of individual experiences, inspirations, and their own personal beliefs. What made these two men to be such moving writers was their strong beliefs of certain issues. One of these issues was a portrayal of obscurity and mystery through all human beings. This issue was death.
             These two men were inspired by this topic and each wrote a piece of literature on it. William Cullen Bryant wrote "Thanatopsis", his perception on death, in the early 19th century. He was best known for his romanticism literature, which mainly involved his views, on religion and faith. In the 1930's and 1940's Dylan Thomas also became a well-known poet. He wrote, "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night", this referred to his perception on death as well.
             Bryant and Thomas had views on death that were extremely dissimilar from one another. In Bryant's poem his tone was that he wanted his readers to believe that death wasn't as terrible as everyone made it look like. He wanted more people to become less afraid and to think of dying as going into a long pleasant nap. In his work he wrote, " Though go not, like the quarry slave at night,...but sustained and soothed." This line tells the reader to not die like a frightened slave, but calm as if you were to go into a quiet dream. Thomas felt that humans should live life to the fullest, don't go out gentle and quietly, and before you know it you'll soon be dead. He went on to write, " Do not go gentle into that good night."
             The two writers also had an entirely dissimilar diction. Bryant used words such as nourish, resolved, and pleasant dreams. Thomas used words like rave, rage, lightning, grieving, and darkness. Compared to Bryant, whose words were calming and soothing, Thomas used words that were ...