Showing posts with label O Captain! My Captain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label O Captain! My Captain. Show all posts
Short Questions and answer from "O Captain! My Captain".
1. "O Captain! My Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting"
a) Who is the persona?
Ans. The poet himself is the persona here.
b) Who is the persona addressing here?
Ans. The great Captain Abraham Lincoln is the persona addressing here.
c) Who is exulting and where are they?
Ans. The common mass who are eagerly waiting for the Captain to return for his "fearful trip", are exulting upon the port.
2. "My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;"
a) What is the relationship between the captain and the persona?
Ans. There is no personal relationship between them. The captain is here the American President Abraham Lincoln and the persona is the poet, who is just a common people of Lincoln's state. Even these two never meet with each other.
b) Why does the captain not answer?
Ans. The captain does not answer because he is no more. He is assassinated in 1865 after the American Civil War.
c)What words would you use to describe the mood of these lines?
Ans. These lines reflect the tragic mood of the persona. The words like "pale", " still", "does not feel", " no pulse", "nor will" describe the mood of the lines.
3. Contrast the mood on the shore to the mood on the ship.
Ans. In the poem, "O Captain! My Captain!", the two different moods are described very clearly. The mood on the shore is completely different from the mood on the ship. The people on the shore are exultiny, eagerly waiting for the return of the Captain from the fearful voyage. They decorated the shore with flowers, palys music with the use of trumpet and all.
On the other hand, the ship is gloomy and mournful. The captain lies dead, there is no sound, no voice .....only the crying is heard. The deck is becoming red with blood.
4.Which is the most often repeated phrase in the second stanza of the poem? What effect does the poet wish to create through this repetition.
Ans. The most often repeated phrase in the second stanza of the poem is " for you".
The poet Walt Whitman wishes to create a fantastic though mournful scenario to pay a homage to the great American Presiden, who was put to death in 1865.
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