In poetic terms, the first line of Dylan Thomas's poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" is called the first refrain. The poem is structured as a villanelle, and the first line is repeated as part of the refrain throughout the poem.
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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.
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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?
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first refrain
first refrain
villanelle
villanelle
stanza
stanza
introductory line
introductory line
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