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1 Where was Dylan Thomas born?
Swansea, Wales

Edinburgh, Scotland

London, England

Cardiff, Wales
2 In what year was “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” written?
1947

1908

1891

1956
3 The illness and impending death of which of Thomas' relatives likely inspired the poem?
His sister

His grandmother

His father

His uncle
4 What is the form of the poem?
Villanelle

Limerick

Sonnet

Haiku
5 What is the poem’s meter?
Trochaic

Iambic heptameter

Iambic pentameter

Dimeter
6 Which phrase is an example of alliteration?
“the last wave by”

"wise men at their end”

“blinding sight/Blind eyes could blaze like meteors”

“crying how bright/Their frail deeds might have danced”
7 What is one of the poem’s refrains?
“Because their words had forked no lightning they”

“Do not go gentle into that good night”

“And you, my father, there on the sad height”

“Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight”
8 Which type of men do NOT appear in the poem?
Brave men

Grave men

Good men

Wild men
9 How is death ultimately characterized in the poem?
Light

Wrong

Right

Happy
10 How are the deeds of “good men” described?
Wrong

Right

Frail

Strong
11 What do “wild men” “learn, too late”?
How to defy death

How sad death is

How short life is

How to be calmer
12 Who is the speaker addressing?
His girlfriend

His son

His father

His friend
13 What does the speaker compare the eyes of “grave men” to?
The moon

Meteors

The sun

Lightning
14 What was a common source of inspiration for Thomas?
Nature

Jealousy

His family

His dog
15 What is NOT used as a metaphor in the poem?
Lightning

Dark

Thunder

Light
16 What does the speaker ask his father to do?
Give the speaker’s marriage his blessing

Show emotion in the face of death

Retire

Die peacefully
17 Why is the poem referred to as “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”?
It's what Thomas called it

It's the first line

It's the refrain

It's the last line
18 What word would fit the poem’s rhyme scheme?
Black

Blue

Gray

Green
19 What verb is used to describe what “old age” should do?
Smile

Rave

Cry

Bless
20 How does the speaker characterize old age?
Defiant

Boring

Loving

Peaceful
21 Which literary device does NOT appear?
Simile

Allusion

Hyperbole

Alliteration
22 Which is a theme of the poem?
War

Guilt

Death

Lust
23 Which natural image does NOT appear in the poem?
Meteors

Lightning

Waves

Tornados
24 "Rage, rage against the…”
Dying of the bright

Dying of the might

Dying of the night

Dying of the light
25 What do “wise men” know?
That death is right

That stealing is wrong

That love is strange

That life is beautiful

I don't know if the number of lines represent something. The first three lines of “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” establish the poem's themes and its form but the poem develops from there.

Asked by Keylin T #1300815

Answered by Aslan on 4/14/2023 3:18 AM

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Year

The poem was first published in 1951.

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 2/9/2022 10:48 PM

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Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night

In the opening, "Do not go gentle into that good night," Thomas uses an euphemistic metonymy for death. "That good night", associated with death, describes death as "good" to overcome the negative connotation one ususlly connects to the idea of...

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