Appreciation of the poem : (5 marks) Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of the points given below :O Captain ! My Captain !O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done;The ship has weather’d every rack, the pri…
Q.3 (B) Appreciation of the poem : (5 marks) Read the following poem and write an appreciation of it with the help of the points given below :
O Captain ! My Captain !
O Captain ! My Captain ! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring :
But O heart ! heart ! heart !
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.O Captain ! My Captain ! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up – for you the flag is flung – for you the bugle trills;
For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths – for you the shores
a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain ! dear father !
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You’ve fallen cold and dead.My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
— Walt Whitman
Points : Title (½) • Name of the poet (½) • Rhyme scheme (1) • Figure of speech (any one) (1) • Theme/Central idea (in 2 to 3 lines) (2).