Poetry Analysis Template Page 3
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5Figurative
L anguage
a nd
P oetic
T echniques:
Device/Technique
Quote(s)
Meaning/Significance
Repetition
Lines
1 ,
6 ,
1 2
a nd
1 8
a re
a ll
By
r epeating
t he
l ines
“ Do
n ot
g o
g entle
the
s ame.
into
t hat
g ood
n ight”
a nd
“ Rage,
r age
against
t he
d ying
o f
t he
l ight”,
t he
p oet
Lines
3 ,
9 ,
1 5
a nd
1 9
a re
a ll
calls
o ur
a ttention
t o
t he
m ost
i mportant
the
s ame
message
o f
t he
p oem.
T he
p oet
i nsists
b y
repeating
t hese
l ines
o ver
a nd
o ver
t hat
the
f ight
f or
l ife
b e
c ontinued
n o
m atter
what.
Metaphor
“Do
n ot
g o
g entle
i nto
t hat
“Good
n ight”
i s
a
m etaphor
f or
d eath.
good
n ight”
Therefore,
g oing
g entle
i nto
t hat
g ood
night
i s
a
m etaphor
f or
p assively
accepting
d eath.
Metaphor
“Rage,
r age
a gainst
t he
d ying
“dying
o f
t he
l ight”
i s
a nother
m etaphor
of
t he
l ight”
for
d eath.
T herefore,
t he
p oet
i s
encouraging
h is
a udience
t o
“ rage”
against
d eath
–
t hat
i s,
t o
f ight
a nd
r esist
it
p assionately.
Metaphor
“Words
h ad
f orked
n o
This
i s
a
m etaphor
t hat
c ompares
“ words
lighting”
forking
l ightning”
t o
w ords
h aving
p ower
and
d rawing
a ttention,
t he
w ay
t hat
lightning
d oes.
T his
m eans
t hat
m en
whose
w ords
w ho
h ave
n ot
d rawn
enough
a ttention
–
m en
w ho
h ave
m ore
to
s ay
–
s hould
r esist
d eath
f or
t here
i s
more
t o
a ccomplish
i n
l ife.
Simile
“Blind
e yes
c ould
b laze
l ike
This
s imile
c ompares
b lind,
u nseeing
meteors
a nd
b e
g ay”
eyes
t o
f iery
m eteors
t ravelling
t hrough
space.
T he
s peaker
m eans
t hat
b lind
people
w ho
c annot
s ee
c an
s till
e njoy
l ife
by
i magining
w hat
i s
a round
t hem.
Personification
“Their
f rail
d eeds
m ight
h ave
Of
c ourse,
“ frail
d eeds”
c annot
d ance
l ike
danced
i n
a
g reen
b ay”
humans.
B ut
t he
p oet
i s
s aying
t hat
o ld
men
c an
s till
p erform
d eeds
t hat
“ dance”
–
t hat
i s,
t hat
e xcite
p eople
a nd
m ake
other
p eople
h appy.
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