The rhyme scheme of the provided stanzas is abaaba.
In detail:
- The first stanza's ending words are night (a), day (b), light (a).
- The second stanza's ending words are right (a), lightning (b), night (a).
Thus, the correct answer is abaaba.
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
abcabc
abcabc
abccba
abccba
abaaba
abaaba
abbabb
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