Question

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
by Dylan Thomas

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.



"By Dylan Thomas, from THE POEMS OF DYLAN THOMAS, copyright ©1952 by Dylan Thomas. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp"

Question
Use Dylan Thomas’s poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” to answer the question.

In this poem, what is the first line called, in poetic terms?

(1 point)
Responses

introductory line
introductory line

villanelle
villanelle

stanza
stanza

first refrain

Answer 1

In poetic terms, the first line of Dylan Thomas’s poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” is called the **first refrain**.