do not go gentle into that good night

Question 1

• “fierce tears, blinding sight”
• “blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay”
• 4 examples of men who battle with old age

Answer 1

old age
“fierce tears, blinding sight” - oxymoronic collocations, change in attitude to death and old age
“blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay” - simile, subverts idea of death, highlight beauty of blindness/old age
- 4 examples of men who battle with old age - increase poignancy of conclusion

Question 2

-“burn, rave, blaze”
-“dark/light”, “sun/night”
- “crying how bright/their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay”

Answer 2

how precious life is
-“burn, rave, blaze” - exothermic diction, carpe diem message
-“dark/light”, “sun/night”, antithesis, emphasise life as precious, ephemeral commodity
- “crying how bright/their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay” - metaphor, beauty/vulnerability of life”

Question 3

“good night, dying of the light”
“fierce tears, blinding sight”

Answer 3

death
“good night, dying of the light” - euphemisms for death
“fierce tears, blinding sight” - oxymoronic collocations, change in attitude to death and old age