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Tuesday Afternoon

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2. SheilaT, do you have a link to that info? I also thought it was written to/for/about his

Sat Aug 30, 2014, 03:53 PM

Aug 2014

dying father ... from wiki:
Written for his dying father, it is one of Thomas's most popular and accessible poems.

Use in popular culture =
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The poem is recited by the character Thornton Melon, played by Rodney Dangerfield, in the 1986 film Back to School where his English professor has him recite the poem to inspire him to complete an exam.[4]
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Part of the poem's title is referenced in the title of a mission in the video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.[clarification needed] It was also quoted in the BBC television show Doctor Who. The leitmotif lines from the poem were quoted in the song "Somebody to Die For" by British synthpop duo Hurts.[6]

Michael Caine reads some of the poem in the full trailer for the 2014 film Interstellar.

A modified version of the titular line is used in the climactic presidential speech from the 1996 film Independence Day, "We will not go quietly into the night."

more at link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_not_go_gentle_into_that_good_night

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No, I will not go quietly into that dark night. Yes, I will have the last word in my OPs [View all] Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 OP

I just looked up that poem. SheilaT Aug 2014 #1

SheilaT, do you have a link to that info? I also thought it was written to/for/about his Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #2

I skipped the wiki entry. SheilaT Aug 2014 #9

I really am beginning to wonder if that is an error/typo. Everything else that I find about the poem Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #11

Could be. SheilaT Aug 2014 #13

yes, it is a wonderful poem. agreed. Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #14

Rodney R.I.P. TheBlackAdder Aug 2014 #3

Yes, please refer to my post #2 just above. and thanks. also Rest in Peace, Rodney Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #4

I like that TA! Here's the original. lovemydog Aug 2014 #5

thanks, lovemydog !! Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #6

Lovely to see this posted here! Punkingal Aug 2014 #7

yw, Punkingal and Yes, I am very hopeful - Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #8

k and r for this wonderful piece. I, for one, have no intention of going quietly ANYWHERE. niyad Aug 2014 #10

thanks, niyad Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #12

You prompted me to look at that poem in a whole new way BainsBane Aug 2014 #15

all of this was prompted by an exchange in the Lounge, Baines. I self deleted an OP in there. Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #16

I just went and looked at that ismnotwasm Aug 2014 #17

ah, thanks ism Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #18