Structure of Poetry Quick Check

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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.

What is the relationship between the second lines of each stanza?

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Responses

They rhyme.
They rhyme.

They repeat.
They repeat.

They are a refrain.
They are a refrain.

They form a stanza.
They form a stanza.
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The correct response to the question about the relationship between the second lines of each stanza in Dylan Thomas’s poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" is:

They are a refrain.

This is because the second lines of each stanza repeat a similar structure and emphasize the poem's central theme.