O Captain! My Captain! - Questions

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1.       What is the ‘fearful trip’?

2.       Who is the captain referred to in the poem? What is the ‘ship’ referred to?

3.       Why are the people exulting?

4.       Why does the speaker exclaim ‘O heart! heart! heart!?

5.       ‘for you the flag is flung’- which flag is referred to here?

6.       Why does the poet say ‘It is some dream’?

7.       Why does the speaker refer to his captain as ‘my father’?

8.       How is the voyage ‘closed and done’?

9.       Give reasons why you think the poet uses ‘fallen cold and dead’ as a refrain?

10.   What ‘prize’ has been won?

Long questions

1.     Examine the topical context of the poem.

2.     Analyze Whitman’s treatment of the theme in ‘O Captain! My Captain!’

3.     Write a critical appreciation of Whitman’s poem.

4.     Consider ‘O captain! My captain’ as an elegy.

5.     Comment on the use of metaphor in Whitman’s poem.

 

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