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Sound and Structure in Poems by Dylan Thomas and W. B. Yeats — Quiz

Question 3 • English IV

Read the excerpt from "Do not go gentle into that good night." 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. The excerpt's rhyme scheme is

Answer
A
aba bab.
B
aaa bbb.
C
aab bba.
D
aba aba.

Explanation

The end words are “night,” “day,” “light,” “right,” “they,” and “night.” “Night,” “light,” and “right” rhyme, while “day” and “they” rhyme, giving the pattern A-B-A-A-B-A, or ABA ABA. The correct choice is “aba aba.”

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