1. B. The poem is defiant: “Do not go gentle” and “Rage, rage” repeat over and over.

2. A. The meter is a very formal and perfect iambic pentameter, the most common meter in English.

3. A. The rhyme scheme is the same for each verse except for the last, where a fourth line is added to make ABAA. (The poem’s structure, five three-line verses and a final four-line verse, is called a villanelle.)

4. Several answers are possible, among them: “Rage, rage” (alliteration and assonance); “blind eyes could blaze” (alliteration); “fierce tears” (assonance).