Question

structure of poetry quick check
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.
use the stanzas to answer the question.
what is the rhyme scheme of these stanzas?
(1 point)
abcabc
abccba
abaaba
abbabb
by dylan thomas, from the poems of dylan thomas, copyright ©1952 by
dylan thomas. reprinted by permission of new directions publishing corp

Explanation:

To determine the rhyme scheme, we label the end - sound of each line.

• Line 1: "night" - label "a"
• Line 2: "day" - label "b"
• Line 3: "light" - label "a" (rhymes with "night")
• Line 4: "right" - label "b" (rhymes with "day")
• Line 5: "they" - label "b" (rhymes with "day" and "right")
• Line 6: "night" - label "a" (rhymes with the first and third line)

Answer:

abaa ba