Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Question

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.

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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

stanza
stanza

introductory line
introductory line

first refrain
first refrain

villanelle

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.