Poetry Analysis & Terms

Question 1

Why does Dylan Thomas repeat the phrase "Rage, rage against the dying of the light?"

Accepted Answer

To emphasize the poem's message.

Question 2

What might the "chillest land" and "strangest sea" represent in poem #1?

Accepted Answer

hard times

Question 3

Poem #2-What does line #4 "Though wise men at their end..." mean?

Accepted Answer

Everyone's life must come to an end.

Question 4

(Poem #2) what type of figurative language is "blind eyes could blaze like meteors"?

Accepted Answer

simile

Question 5

What is the tone or mood of poem #1?

Accepted Answer

Optimistic

Question 6

What do poem #1 and poem #2 have in common?

Accepted Answer

they both have a rhyming pattern

Question 7

In fiction there is a narrator; in poetry this is called a

Accepted Answer

speaker

Question 8

In poem #2, what does the light represent?

Accepted Answer

life

Question 9

What is the type of figurative language used in the first line of poem #1?

Accepted Answer

Metaphor

Question 10

When a word rhymes with another word in the same line, it is called?

Accepted Answer

internal rhyme

Question 11

Which of the following would be a good theme statement for poem #1?

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No matter what we go through, hope always lives on.

Question 12

How many stanzas are in the poem #1?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 13

In poem #1, hope is portrayed as...

Accepted Answer

a bird

Question 14

In poem #1, Using context clues, what does the word Gale probably mean?

Accepted Answer

a storm

Question 15

Poem #2-How would you describe the poet's attitude towards death?

Accepted Answer

defiant

Question 16

Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses is called

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imagery

Question 17

Poem #2 "Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay" is an example of

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personification

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