New Zealand mosque shooting: The significance of the two poems in terrorist Brenton Tarrant's manifesto
Brenton Tarrant placed three poems inside his manifesto. Here's why we think he picked these poems in particular
The manifesto of terrorist Brenton Tarrant, 27, details his reasoning behind carrying out the attack and provides some insight into his psyche. In the approximately 17,000-word document, surprisingly, are three poems: Dylan Thomas' 'Do not go gentle into that good night,' an altered version of Rudyard Kipling's 'The Beginnings,' and William Ernest Henley's 'Invictus.'
'Do not go gentle into that good night' features in what is, for all intents and purposes, the first page of the manifesto, before he goes into detail on his motivations behind the attack. The poem features six stanzas, each of a different theme, and could serve to explain Tarrant's mindset while carrying out the shootings.