"Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night" by Dylan Thomas: Repetition

       There is definite repetition in this short story, "Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night" by Dylan Thomas.  The rhyming order for this poem is ABA.  It repeats ABA, ABA, ABA...  Also the very last stanza ending the poem is ABAA.  Also another significant repetition is the repetition of the phrase, "Do not go gentle into that good night," and "Rage, Rage against the dying of life," (Thomas, 968).  This sequence encourages the reader to not give up and to not die easily, but to put up a fight.  He describes the emotions one may feel right before death.  For example he says that good men will be angry right before they die.  This is because their life is ending sooner than expected.  The repetition highlights important parts of the poem and gives the poem different meanings and purposes.