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Dylan Thomas and Jack Gilbert Quizzes

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  • In "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night," the words "dying light" provide a metaphor for death.
    True
  • The speaker in "Failing and Flying" believes that a failed relationship is an indication of a failure in life.
    False
  • "Failing and Flying" contains a literary allusion.
    True
  • In the poem, "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night", the writer thinks that death should be welcomed easily.
    False
  • What are the different types of men that Thomas mentions in his poem?
    wise men, wild men, grave men, good men.
  • What is the effect of enjambment in a free verse poem?
    It places more emphasis on certain words.
  • In what clever play on words, Thomas indicates that these men are "near-death"?
    Grave men
  • Identify two similes from the poem.
    Every morning she was asleep in my bed like a visitation, the gentleness in her like antelope standing in the dawn mist.
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