And Hear My Cries For HELLLLLLP!
I am not going to sugar coat my problem or lure you into inspired posts that would help my cause so let me lay it on the line.
I have to analyze a poem for my Literature class and it has to be 5 pages long.
My problem is that I have been putting so much time and effort into getting ready for a Biology/Nutrition exam and an Algebra exam (both Wednesday) that I simply can't think!
EDIT: This is not to say that tomorrow things will not be clearer as earlier today, I did finish compiling the study guide for my upcoming Biology/Nutrition exam. [img]smile.gif[/img] I can hope so anyway LOL
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I have chosen my poem! (Yay! LOL)
It is Dylan Thomas' villanelle, "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" and I have some questions offering direction for "Critical Thinking" but like I said I can't think LOL! (shush!)
Here is the poem and the questions to consider....if any of you would like to take the time to participate in being my brain for a day (Oh God NO LOL) or just take it upon yourself to offer your own wisdom, it would be greatly appreciated!
I do have the benefit of filling the first page with the thesis statement and background on Mr. Thomas.
I don't even have the thesis statement yet and that much is due on Wednesday. *sigh*
OK Here Goes:
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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.
I like the poem and feel a lot of depth and meaning in it...I can feel what it is getting across in each of the stanzas but at present I cannot find the words to express them. (Timber Loftis, do you have my words again?
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Most frustrating for one who pride's herself on her ability to think analytically (when she has it~shut up! *wink*) and even moreso for a former English wizard who has just spent too much time in Science and not enough in "real" books LOL!
The question I should consider to analyze it:
1) How does Thomas vary the meanings of the poem's two refrains "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "Rage, rage against the dying og the light"?
2) Thomas' father was close to death at the time he wrote this poem. How does the tome contribute to the poem's theme?
3) How is th egord "good" used in line 1?
4) Characterize the men who are "Wise" (line 4), "Good" (7), "Wild" (10), and "Grave" (13)
5) What figures of speech contribute to this poem?
6) What can be discussed regarding this villanelle's sound effects?
Once again, let me offer you any thanks for any help you can give me and also...if you all would like to turn this thread into a discussion of poetry, please do so! It has been a while since we have had any active poetry threads going and I think it makes for some astounding and thought-provoking conversation! (I know some of you do too!
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