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Description
Mind Map by 09BHampshire, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by 09BHampshire
over 9 years ago
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Do not go gentle into that good night
- about his father's approaching death
- speaker says old men at the ends of their lives should resist death
- should leave the world the same way they came in; kicking and screaming
- at end reader realises, speaker's father is dying
- at end reader realises, speaker's father is dying
- should leave the world the same way they came in; kicking and screaming
- FORM
- Villanelle
- 19 lines
- five three-line stanzas
- and a sixth stanza with 4 lines
- and a sixth stanza with 4 lines
- five three-line stanzas
- 19 lines
- iambic pentameter
- ten syllables per line
- every other syllable stressed
- da-DUM-da-DUM-da-DUM-da-DUM
- da-DUM-da-DUM-da-DUM-da-DUM
- every other syllable stressed
- ten syllables per line
- Villanelle
- usually have at least one line repeated
- RHYME SCHEME
- ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA
- ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA
- goes through many settings
- harsh, lyrical//jarring, lulls you into a sleep/captures your mind
- uses harsh constant sounds
- gentle instead of gently
- gentle instead of gently
- uses harsh constant sounds
- connections through commas
- more stress
- feeling of a strong rhythm
- feeling of a strong rhythm
- more stress
- harsh, lyrical//jarring, lulls you into a sleep/captures your mind
- THEMES
- The Best of Men
- describes behaviour of men as
- 'wise men
- 'good men'
- 'wild men'
- 'grave men'
- 'wise men
- parallelism to list men's actions
- each stanza begins with a type of man,
describing something good they've done,
ends with speaker reminding reader that
the men won't let themselves die without a
struggle
- each stanza begins with a type of man,
describing something good they've done,
ends with speaker reminding reader that
the men won't let themselves die without a
struggle
- creates an oxymoron (opposite)
- asks his father to 'curse' him and to 'bless him'
- separated but joined by a comma
- can be seen as opposites but also same thing
- oft sounding - one of the very few - sibiliance 's' sounds
- oft sounding - one of the very few - sibiliance 's' sounds
- can be seen as opposites but also same thing
- separated but joined by a comma
- asks his father to 'curse' him and to 'bless him'
- describes behaviour of men as
- Things that fall from the sky
- pictures of light and fire
capture readers attention
- living with intensity
- living with intensity
- puzzling imagery
- a lightning bolt that isn't forked by what wise men say
- a lightning bolt that isn't forked by what wise men say
- contradiction
- dying men who have gone blind can still 'see'
- metaphorical sense
- metaphorical sense
- pardox and surrounding
emphasized by exaggeratd
alliteration
- 'blinding' 'blind' 'blaze' 'be'
- 'blinding' 'blind' 'blaze' 'be'
- dying men who have gone blind can still 'see'
- pictures of light and fire
capture readers attention
- Sunrise and sunset
- during poem, lots of sunsets
- sunset:death
- reader notices dark
- sunset:death
- alliteration
- 'not' 'night'
- 'go' 'good'
- 'gentle' 'into'
- 'not' 'night'
- repetition
- 'rage' - harsh
- 'rage' - harsh
- assonance
- 'dying' 'light' -
repetition of vowel
sound
- 'dying' 'light' -
repetition of vowel
sound
- extended metaphor
- day represnts life
- 1st and 4th stanza
- 1st and 4th stanza
- day represnts life
- during poem, lots of sunsets
- The Best of Men
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