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Read the following poem by Dylan Thomas, "Do not go gentle into that good night":

(1) 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.

(2) 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.

(3) 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.

(4) Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

(5) 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.

(6) 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.

Which line from the poem indicates a shift in the speaker's focus? (5 points)

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright

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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

It's the first line. All the others are of a general nature. Wise men, good men, wild men, grave men, but not in the 6th part, the address shifts to the poets father. The theme does not shift, just who the poet is addressing.

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