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

first refrain
first refrain

stanza

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

What is the relationship between the second lines of each stanza?

(1 point)
Responses

They are a refrain.
They are a refrain.

They repeat.
They repeat.

They form a stanza.
They form a stanza.

They rhyme.

Which answer choice correctly defines refrain?(1 point)
Responses

a central message in a poem
a central message in a poem

a line that repeats
a line that repeats

the number of beats or stressed syllables per line of poetry
the number of beats or stressed syllables per line of poetry

a set of lines arranged together in a poem

What is a villanelle?(1 point)
Responses

when a poem’s speaker talks directly to the reader
when a poem’s speaker talks directly to the reader

a type of poem that has 14 lines
a type of poem that has 14 lines

when all lines in a poem have the same end rhyme
when all lines in a poem have the same end rhyme

a type of poem that uses three-line stanzas and two refrains

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.



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

Question
Use the stanzas to answer the question.

What is the rhyme scheme of these stanzas?

(1 point)
Responses

abbabb
abbabb

abaaba
abaaba

abcabc
abcabc

abccba

Answer 1

1) first refrain

2) They rhyme.

3) a line that repeats

4) a type of poem that uses three-line stanzas and two refrains

5) abaaba