This line from <em>Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night </em>is written in <em>iambic pentameter.
</em>An iamb is a foot (rhythmic unit) of two syllables; the first one being unstressed and the second one stressed. Penta = 5. This means that, in this line, we have 5 sets of iambic feet, which should read like this (lowercase unstressed, capital letters stressed):
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wild MEN who CAUGHT and SANG the SUN in FLIGHT.
</em>This pattern is also supported and used throughout the whole poem.<em>
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Answer:
"Similar" is the closest antonym for "varying".
Grendel fears Hrothgar because of the Shaper. The Shaper has made Hrothgar so much more of a magnificent figure than he was before. In sense, the Shaper "shaped" Hrothgar's feats and reputation to a more amplified one, making Grendel fear the new and great Hrothgar by the skill of poetry and speech.
