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.

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

Answer 1

The rhyme scheme of the stanzas from "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Dylan Thomas is abaaba.

The rhyme pattern can be identified as follows:

• "night" (a)
• "day" (b)
• "light" (a)
• "right" (a)
• "lightning" (b)
• "night" (a)

Thus, the correct response is abaaba.