Please help Read the stanza from "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night."

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze with meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

What does the pun "Grave men" mean?

The men are wild and act without thinking, and will die soon as a result.

The men are serious and they are also doomed to an early death.

The men are angry that they will face death so soon.

The men are grieving the loss of their loved ones, who have died.

what are the question answer options?

choice 2 i like that prompt better.

chapter i -- paris: september, 1792

a surging, seething, murmuring crowd of beings that are human only in name, for to the eye and ear they seem naught but savage creatures, animated by vile passions and by the lust of vengeance and of hate.

during the greater part of the day the guillotine had been kept busy at its ghastly work: all that france had boasted of in the past centuries, of ancient names, and blue blood, had paid toll to her desire for liberty and for fraternity.

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the rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg.