An Irish Airman Foresees His Death vs. Do not go gentle into that good night

How does the excerpt from "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" contrast with the main idea in "Do not go gentle into that good night"?

1. While the main idea in "Do not go gentle into that good night" is to accept death when it comes, the speaker in this excerpt urges his audience to fight for life.

2. While the main idea in "Do not go gentle into that good night" is to fight death, the speaker in this excerpt claims that it does not matter whether a person lives or dies.

3. While the main idea in "Do not go gentle into that good night" is to fear death, the main idea in the excerpt is that death is natural and should be embraced when the time comes.

4. While the main idea in "Do not go gentle into that good night" is to live life to the fullest, the main idea in the excerpt is that all attempts to lead a meaningful life are futile.

Answer:

2. While the main idea in "Do not go gentle into that good night" is to fight death, the speaker in this excerpt claims that it does not matter whether a person lives or dies.

There are many statements that best describe how this excerpt contrasts with the main idea in "Do not go gentle into that good night." The correct option is 2. While the main idea in "Do not go gentle into that good night" is to fight death, the speaker in this excerpt claims that it does not matter whether a person lives or dies.

What does the poem discuss?

The poem "Do not go gentle into that good night" discusses a similar idea to that of the poem "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death." In both poems, someone is meeting an untimely death. However, in the first poem, the author urges the character to resist death. He asks him to fight so that death does not take him so easily. However, in the second case, the speaker does not seem to greatly value life. He tells us that when he believed he was about to die, he thought of his future years as a waste of breath.