Good night; dying of light; close of day; dark; last wave; sad height - these are metaphors for ___

• Life

• Death

• Sadness

• Dying

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Who is this poem written for?

• Mom

• Dad

• Brother

• Sister

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

"Their frail deeds might have danced" is an example of

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

• imagery

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What POV is the final stanza in the poem? - "And you, my father, there on the sad height,

Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.

Do not go gentle into that good night.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• Other

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How would you describe the speaker of the poem?

• Someone who's father is dying

• A dying man

• A religious person

• A happy person

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What subject matter is this poem about?

• Love

• Death

• Life

• Happiness

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When the poet repeats "Rage, Rage" what does he mean by this?

• that both him and his father are angry but cannot do anything to stall death

• That his father should be angry and fight to live longer

• That it is his fault that his father is dying

• That his father should just die

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is the meaning of "Because their words have forked no lightning"

• They were widely talked about by everyone

• They were wise

• Their words had meaning in anyones lives

• They did not speak at all

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the speaker of the poem wish

• begging his father to live, ordering him to evade death.

• His father will stay alive

• His father will give him money

• His father will dance one last time

What is the theme of the poem?

• Live your life and when you die you die

• Just die and do not care about it

• Nobody is ready to die and we all fight it to the end.

• People are going to die it is what it is