Pain and sadness in "Do not go gently into that good night" by Thomas and in "for Eleanor Boylan who talks to God" by Sexton The end of our path which is life, is death and the moment we begin to live, we begin to die. A depiction of the death and loss of a loved one is expressed in two different lights in “Do not go gentle into that Good Night” by Dylan Thomas and “for Eleanor Boylan talking with God” by Anne Sexton. Both express the fear and vulnerability of losing someone you thought would live forever. Thomas' message is imperative, a dark, tangible energy, while Sexton's tone is more passive and quiet and driven more by pain than anger. But as there is an underlying sense of pain in Thomas's villanelle, there is also a sense of quiet anger. In “For Eleanor Boylan Talking to God,” Sexton expresses the pain of losing a loved one. There is a surreal quality to the poem, Sexton seems to write while thinking with a thought that sparks a memory; he communicates his feelings in a very concrete and literal way, but the poem is still very abstract because there is so little connecting these images, adding to the feeling that you are looking into Sexton's mind and heart. He talks about Eleonora, a friend who is more beautiful than his mother; this intimate compliment can be interpreted as dearer than even his mother. One aspect of Eleanor that Sexton respects is her closeness to God, there is a childlike trust portrayed when the author writes of Eleanor in the kitchen "gesturing to God". Perhaps because Eleanor is wearing a lemon sundress, the reader imagines her with a smile and feels the acceptance of her own death that Sexton cannot find. Eleanor has more faith in God than the author and has maintained this faith even when she is dying. Sexton wrote that God "had a face when he was six and a half", meaning he was a tangible figure. The six-year-old sexton was familiar with God, he knew what He looked like; he was his friend, as is the feeling of most children about God. But this image of God has become a huge jellyfish covering the sky. There is no comfort in a slimy jellyfish, and Sexton finds no comfort in God.