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.

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

abccba
abccba

abbabb
abbabb

abaaba
abaaba

abcabc
abcabc

Answer 1

The rhyme scheme of the stanzas in "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" is abaaba. The first and third lines of each stanza rhyme with each other, while the second and fifth lines rhyme, and the fourth line is a distinct rhyme.

So the correct response is:

abaaba