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DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT Flashcards

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1
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‘do not go gentle’

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Plosive alliteration
Consonance

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‘do not go gentle into that good night’

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Imperative verb mood
Begging pleading tone
Shows desperation

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‘rage, rage’

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Epizeuxis
Angry at death because of fear

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‘old age should burn and rave at close of day’

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Assonance
Long words

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‘close of day’

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Euphemism for death/night
Doesn’t seem as frightening to the speaker
Not as harsh/hard to say as death

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‘words had forked no lightning’

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Haven’t done anything in their life yet so they do not want death to come so soon

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‘blinding sight’

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Oxymoron

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What type of poem?

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Villanelle poem

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What do villanelle poems show?

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Obsession (repetitive)

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What is the speaker doing?

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Standing up to death
Begging/plea

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What is the meter?

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Iambic pentameter (conversational and dialogue in plea)

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‘and learn, too late’

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Consonance on ‘L’
Slows the pace

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‘curse, bless’

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Juxtaposition

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‘fierce tears’

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Gentle sibilance
Internal rhyme
Contrast of strong and weak
Assonance

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Anaphora of ‘men’

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Set structure

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What is the poem talking about?

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Obsessive fear of death
Whilst we are living we are in the process of dying
speaker grasping for control (restricted form)

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What is the form?

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Monologue

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Structure?

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Long vowels and sentences at the start
Become shorter and breathless at the end

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themes of do not go gentle into that good night

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  • family and grief
  • life and death
  • life lessons
20
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summary of do not go gentle into that good night

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  • thomas talks abt lots of different types of men who attempt to ignore and deny that they will die
  • he says that wise men are men who fight death because they havent done anything revolutionary yet
  • Old men have the knowledge and wisdom to realize the preciousness of life and therefore want to hold onto it.
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structure of o not go gentle into that good night

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  • villanelle - highly structured with refrains, strict rhyme scheme - demands control and intensity - death is unavoidable
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language of do not go gentle into that good night

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  • oxymoron - ‘curse bless’ - conflicting nature of life and death - you can die instantly so make the most of your life - his father didnt bc he never became a teacher

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