Do not go gentle into that good night worksheet answers


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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.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their 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 with blinding sight
Blind 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.
You will now work through Dylan Thomas’s “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” stanza by stanza, answering questions as you go.
First Stanza
1. What image in the words “burn and rave” suggest? Why should someone “burn and rave at close of day?”
2. The word rage can mean “anger,” but it can also mean “passion”—an outpouring of feeling. How might Thomas have been using both meanings in the poem?
Second Stanza
3. Though the wise men might “know” that it is time to die, the speaker says that they still fight death because “their words had forked no lightning.” What does this mean?
4. What images do you see in this stanza?
Third Stanza
5. These good people cry “how bright their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay.” What does this mean?
6. What imagery do you see in this stanza?
Fourth Stanza
7. How might these people have “sang the sun in flight” and then “grieved” it?
8. What imagery do you see in this stanza?
Fifth Stanza
9. What images do you see in stanza 5?
Sixth Stanza
10. Why do all these men not go gently into death?
11. What role do light and darkness play in the poem?

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Welsh poet and writer Dylan Marlais Thomas Reading tours and radio appearances began to supplement his income. During the late 1940s, he made radio recordings for the BBC, which brought him to the public's attention.

Answers are explained in the order of stanza by stanza in the following:

First Stanza

1. Misplaced passion or anger against the light, leaving them at the "end of the day" possibly regretful at the waste of time remaining, leaving them "burning" with regret.

2. The hatred might be directed against the light, which is isolating them in the dark since they care so much about it=> a source of life? =>is it a source of income?

Second Stanza

3. While the "wise men" appear to be aware that their time has come to die, they continue to battle death since it is in our nature to survive, it is what we are trained to do, it is our Id, and so the Wise men's words are uninspired. They do not arouse any passions in life, as we people desire to live.

4. Many imagery of "darkness" appear throughout the verse, emphasizing their sense of isolation. "flame and rave at the end of the day" is an intriguing term since it implies not just deep rage at the light abandoning them, but also craziness, insanity, as if they can't physically tolerate being left.

Third Stanza

5. They're bragging about how magnificent their "frail actions" would be if they could just do them somewhere else. They are only seen as second-class citizens in this country; elsewhere, they claim that their contribution would have been more generally appreciated.

6. This line implies that the "night" changes the "good men," and it conjures up images of gentleness and calm, as well as change and a foreign ideal "green bay" that may be the answer to these men's ambitions of greatness.

Fourth Stanza

7. They "sang the sun in flight" by sending it off in grand style. They praised it when they had it, and so when they recognized they no longer had a strong grasp on it, they "lamented" its loss, just as when they had the sun, they praised it but imagined it would be theirs forever, and when it was gone, they grieved what power they had.

8. There is apparent loss in this verse with the term "too late," which implies that they could have spared the sun if they had realized; they were too "blind" and had to "grieve their loss."

Fifth Stanza

9. The anger and anguish of their loss continue to afflict them, and the "father," who appears to be the narrator's closest companion, is being urged to "curse" and "bless" the speaker, which confuses the reader because they both contrast each other. This could imply that he wants to be cursed for allowing the sun to "die," but he also wants his father's blessing to reach out and anchor the sun to them, with the reason he is asking his father is because he is "fierce" in love, war, passion, or life, but all we know is that the father is stronger than the speaker, who wants strength to be leant to them.

Sixth Stanza

10) The guys do not die gently because they've been awakened by the "dying sun," which has given them a new reason to work and live. When it says "blind eyes might flare like meteors," the simile conjures up images of new vigor and hope, and they suddenly can't die peacefully because they now have a purpose.

11) In this poem, light and dark play important roles, with light signifying knowledge, passion, and rage, and dark indicating a lack of knowledge, a loss of hope, and a dying of the words that could make a blind person see.

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