"Do Not Go Gentle into That..." by Dylan Thomas Flashcards
1
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poetic form
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villanelle because it has 5 tercets followed by a quatrain
2
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rhyme scheme
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aba; aba; aba; aba; aba; abaa
3
Q
meter
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iambic
4
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theme
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- dying and how to approach death
- title discloses the theme, instructing us not to gently give in to death, symbolized as that good “night”
- do not go gentle into that good night
5
Q
find peace and let go
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a son begging his father to not die
6
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repetition
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- symbolic of the inability to prevent death
- it is like the constant begging of the son
7
Q
different types of men in four of the tercets of the poem
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men who fought death
8
Q
“dying” and “light”
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assonance
9
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quatrain at the end contains how many refrains
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2
