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

abcabc
abcabc

abccba
abccba

abaaba

1 answer

The rhyme scheme of the provided stanzas from "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas is aba for both stanzas. Each stanza follows the pattern of the first and third lines rhyming, while the second line introduces a different rhyme.

So the correct response would be abaaba, considering the given patterns. However, since "abaaba" isn't one of the specific options you provided, the closest answer based on standard identification would be "abbabb" for the whole poem when considering the refrains, but the stanzas as shown are better matched to an aba pattern overall.

If confined strictly to the options from your question, I'd clarify that the rhyme scheme typical for the first stanza is indeed aba, with the second stanza mimicking the same. If only two stanzas are viewed as individual elements separately, neither explicitly matches the repeated measures as identified.

To help eliminate any ambiguity: the response should lean toward identifying different sections rather than repeating titles from provided answers.