Monday, January 25, 2010

"Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night" Figurative Language

Stanza 3, Line 2:
"Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay." (DThomas)
Personification

Stanza 4, Line 4:
"...who see with blinding sight" (DThomas)
Irony

Stanza 4, Line 5
"Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay" (DThomas)
Simile

Stanza 5, Line 1
"there on the sad height" (DThomas)
Personification

Stanza 1, Line 2
"Old age should burn and rave at close of day" (DThomas)
Irony

Stanza 4, Line 1
"....caught and sang the sun in flight."
Metaphor

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