According to the speaker, how should a person face death? explain your answer in detail.

The Full Text of “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night”

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    Where this symbol appears in the poem:

    • Line 3: “light”
    • Line 9: “light”
    • Line 15: “light”
    • Line 19: “light”

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• • Where end-stopped line appears in the poem:

    • Line 1: “night,”
    • Line 2: “day;”
    • Line 3: “light.”
    • Line 4: “right,”
    • Line 6: “night.”
    • Line 8: “bay,”
    • Line 9: “light.”
    • Line 10: “flight,”
    • Line 11: “way,”
    • Line 12: “night.”
    • Line 14: “gay,”
    • Line 15: “light.”
    • Line 16: “height,”
    • Line 17: “pray.”
    • Line 18: “night.”
    • Line 19: “light.”

  • Where enjambment appears in the poem:

    • Lines 5-6: “they / Do”
    • Lines 7-8: “bright / Their”
    • Lines 13-14: “sight / Blind”

  • Where caesura appears in the poem:

    • Line 3: “,”
    • Line 7: “,,” “,”
    • Line 9: “,”
    • Line 11: “,,” “,”
    • Line 13: “,,” “,”
    • Line 15: “,”
    • Line 16: “,,” “,”
    • Line 17: “,”
    • Line 19: “,”

  • Where alliteration appears in the poem:

    • Line 1: “n,” “g,” “g,” “n”
    • Line 3: “R,” “r”
    • Line 6: “n,” “g,” “g,” “n”
    • Line 7: “b,” “b”
    • Line 8: “d,” “d”
    • Line 9: “R,” “r”
    • Line 10: “s,” “s”
    • Line 11: “l,” “l”
    • Line 12: “n,” “g,” “g,” “n”
    • Line 13: “s,” “s”
    • Line 14: “Bl,” “bl,” “b”
    • Line 15: “R,” “r”
    • Line 18: “n,” “g,” “g,” “n”
    • Line 19: “R,” “r”

  • Where assonance appears in the poem:

    • Line 2: “O,” “a,” “a,” “o,” “a”
    • Line 3: “a,” “a,” “y,” “i”
    • Line 4: “ou,” “i,” “o,” “i”
    • Line 7: “y,” “y,” “i”
    • Line 8: “ai,” “ee,” “ee,” “a”
    • Line 9: “a,” “a,” “y,” “i”
    • Line 10: “a,” “a”
    • Line 11: “a,” “i,” “i,” “ay”
    • Line 13: “e,” “ea,” “i,” “i”
    • Line 14: “i,” “eye,” “a,” “i,” “e,” “e,” “e,” “ay”
    • Line 15: “a,” “a,” “y,” “i”
    • Line 19: “a,” “a,” “y,” “i”

  • Where consonance appears in the poem:

    • Line 1: “D,” “n,” “t,” “g,” “n,” “t,” “nt,” “t,” “g,” “d,” “n,” “t”
    • Line 2: “l,” “d,” “r,” “r,” “l”
    • Line 3: “R,” “g,” “r,” “g”
    • Line 4: “n,” “n,” “r,” “k,” “r”
    • Line 5: “c,” “s,” “r,” “r,” “s,” “r,” “k”
    • Line 6: “D,” “n,” “g,” “nt,” “nt,” “t,” “g,” “d,” “n,” “t”
    • Line 7: “b,” “r,” “b,” “t”
    • Line 8: “r,” “r,” “d,” “d,” “d,” “n,” “r,” “n”
    • Line 9: “R,” “r”
    • Line 10: “s,” “s,” “n,” “n”
    • Line 11: “n,” “l,” “n,” “l”
    • Line 12: “D,” “n,” “g,” “nt,” “nt,” “t,” “g,” “d,” “n,” “t”
    • Line 13: “r,” “n,” “n,” “r,” “d,” “s,” “bl,” “n,” “d,” “s”
    • Line 14: “Bl,” “nd,” “c,” “d,” “bl,” “l,” “k”
    • Line 15: “R,” “r”
    • Line 16: “th,” “r,” “th,” “r,” “th”
    • Line 17: “r,” “s,” “ss,” “r,” “c,” “r,” “s,” “r”
    • Line 18: “D,” “n,” “g,” “nt,” “t,” “g,” “d,” “n,” “t”
    • Line 19: “R,” “r”

  • Where metaphor appears in the poem:

    • Line 1: “Do not go gentle,” “good night”
    • Line 2: “Old age should burn,” “close of day”
    • Line 3: “the dying of the light”
    • Line 5: “forked no lightning”
    • Line 6: “good night”
    • Line 7: “the last wave by”
    • Line 8: “danced in a green bay”
    • Line 9: “the dying of the light”
    • Line 10: “caught and sang the sun in flight”
    • Line 15: “the dying of the light”
    • Line 16: “the sad height”
    • Line 18: “good night”
    • Line 19: “the dying of the light”

  • Where epizeuxis appears in the poem:

    • Line 3: “Rage, rage”
    • Line 9: “Rage, rage”
    • Line 15: “Rage, rage”
    • Line 19: “Rage, rage”

  • Where refrain appears in the poem:

    • Line 1: “Do not go gentle into that good night”
    • Line 3: “Rage, rage against the dying of the light”
    • Line 6: “Do not go gentle into that good night”
    • Line 9: “Rage, rage against the dying of the light”
    • Line 12: “Do not go gentle into that good night”
    • Line 15: “Rage, rage against the dying of the light”
    • Lines 18-19: “Do not go gentle into that good night. / Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”

  • Where parallelism appears in the poem:

    • Line 4: “Though wise men at their end know dark is right”
    • Line 7: “Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright”
    • Line 10: “Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight”
    • Line 13: “Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight”

  • Where allusion appears in the poem:

    • Lines 10-12: “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.”

• Select any word below to get its definition in the context of the poem. The words are listed in the order in which they appear in the poem.

  • Go
  • Good Night
  • Rave
  • Rage
  • Forked
  • Wave
  • By
  • Frail
  • Bay
  • Flight
  • Grave
  • Gay
  • Height

  • (Location in poem: Line 1: “go”; Line 6: “go”; Line 12: “go”; Line 18: “go”)