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

Question 1

Read the excerpt from "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death."I balanced all, brought all to mind, The years to come seemed waste of breath, A waste of breath the years behind In balance with this life, this death.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

While the main idea in "Do not go gentle into that good night" is to fight death, the speaker in this excerpt claims that it does not matter whether a person lives or dies.

Question 2

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.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Instead of giving in to death, people should fight against it.

Question 3

Read the excerpt from a poem a student wrote.I saw a man who had a dog.She wanted nothing that I had.I saw a woman with a frogShe smiled but seemed a little sad.I wonder if I'll ever know,I wonder if I'll ever see,Where man and woman had to go,If man and woman would be _________.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

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Question 4

For what reasons do poets use parallelism? Check all that apply.to create vivid imageryto draw attention to certain words and ideasto create rhythmto restate the same idea using different grammatical structuresto create emotional effects

Revolt · Accepted Answer

to draw attention to certain words and ideas; to create rhythm; to create emotional effects

Question 5

iambic pentameteriambic tetrameteriambic hexameterno regular meter

Revolt · Accepted Answer

iambic pentameter

Question 6

Read the excerpt from "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death."My country is Kiltartan Cross, My countrymen Kiltartan's poor, No likely end could bring them loss Or leave them happier than before.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The parallelism emphasizes the speaker's Irish nationality.

Question 7

Read the excerpt from "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death."I know that I shall meet my fate Somewhere among the clouds above; Those that I fight I do not hate Those that I guard I do not love;

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The rhyming words "fate" and "hate" connect the pilot's fate to his emotions.

Question 8

Read the excerpt from "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death."Those that I fight I do not hate Those that I guard I do not love;

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The parallel structure of these lines emphasizes that the pilot does not have much emotion for his enemies or his countrymen.

Question 9

iambic pentameteriambic tetrameteriambic hexameterno regular meter

Revolt · Accepted Answer

iambic tetrameter

Question 10

Read the excerpt from "Do not go gentle into that good night."Though wise men at their end know dark is right,Because their words had forked no lightning theyDo not go gentle into that good night.Good men, the last wave by, crying how brightTheir frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,Rage, rage against the dying of the light.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 wi

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It reinforces the idea that all people, not just the speaker's father, should fight against death.

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