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QuizMultiple Choice

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

Question 7 • PARTA - EVP: PGCPS ENGLISH 12 OC (FALL2026) 791113

Read the excerpt from "Do not go gentle into that good night."Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,Do not go gentle into that good night.Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sightBlind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,Rage, rage against the dying of the light.And you, my father, there on the sad height,Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.Do not go gentle into that good night.Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Answer
A
The refrains highlight the love between a father and a son.
B
The refrains reveal that the speaker will soon pass away.
C
The refrains emphasize the importance of resisting death.
D
The refrains reinforce the inevitability of death for everyone.

Explanation

The repeated lines “Do not go gentle into that good night” and “Rage, rage against the dying of the light” urge the father to resist surrendering to death. The refrains emphasize fighting against death, even as it approaches, so choice C is correct. They do not say that the speaker will die soon or focus mainly on the inevitability of death.

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