![]() ![]() Question 21: The poem ends with the refrain ‘fallen cold and dead’. Question 20: What does the way the speaker addresses the captain in the poem reveal about his feelings towards the captain?Īnswer: The way the speaker addresses the captain shows that he has a huge love and respect in his heart for the captain. Question 19: How does the speaker react to the whole situation?Īnswer: The speaker is very sad on the death of his captain but he asked his countrymen to enjoy and celebrate the victory while he himself is lamenting over the death of his captain. Question 18: What do ‘the bleeding drops of red’ mean figuratively and literally?Īnswer: ‘The bleeding drops of red’ means the captain is dead, his body is laid on the deck and the blood is oozing from his body. Question 17: While everyone is celebrating on the shore what is the speaker doing?Īnswer: While everyone is celebrating on the shore, the speaker/poet is mournful on the deck where the dead body of the captain is laid. In this way, the voyage is ‘closed and done’. Question 16: In what two ways is the voyage ‘closed and done’?Īnswer: Firstly, the ship has arrived safe and sound on the port and secondly, its captain is dead. Question 15: What does the speaker want the captain to hear and see in stanza 2?Īnswer: The speaker wants the captain to hear the bells and the bugle and to see the flag which is flung for him. At the same time, he laments over the death of his captain Abraham Lincoln. O Captain My Captain Questions & Answers Question 14: Describe the mixed feelings expressed in stanza I?Īnswer: In the stanza I, the speaker shows his happiness on the victory of the civil war in USA. (c) What has happened on the deck?Īnswer: The dead body of the captain has laid on the deck. (b) What bells are being referred to here?Īnswer: The bells of victory are referred here. Question 13: Read and answer the questions: Exult O shores, and rings, O bells! (a) When and why does the speaker say this?Īnswer: The speaker says this when they are returning home because they got the victory in civil war. (c) Why is there a crowd?Īnswer: There is a crowd because they want to welcome their captain. 3.Answer: They are at the shore of the sea. Slip proof with Whitman’s autograph corrections for a new edition of “O Captain! My Captain!” (firstly published in 1865) 2. Might want to dig out that DVD of Dead Poets Society, too, for a rewatch! When Williams character, John Keating, is fired from his position as English teacher, his students make a show of their support by standing on their desks and declaring, “O Captain, My Captain!”Įnjoy the reading and more of Whitman’s poems this month. If you have the chance, Whitman’s book, Drum-Taps and Sequel to Drum-Taps are available to read on Īs you may already know and as I mention in the audio, this poem played an important part in the 1989 movie, Dead Poets Society, starring Robin Williams. ![]() This one, along with When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom’d, speak specifically about Lincoln’s assassination. Today’s poem is part of the collection Drum-Taps and Sequel to Drum-Taps that are much of Whitman’s reflections on his time as a nurse during the American Civil War. ![]()
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