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…

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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).

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Appreciation : The poem ‘O Captain! My Captain!’ is written by the American poet Walt Whitman. The title refers to the captain of a ship, who stands for the American President Abraham Lincoln, and the ship stands for the United States. The poem has three eight-line stanzas, and the rhyme scheme is aabbcded; the last line of every stanza ends with the mournful refrain “Fallen cold and dead”, which gives the poem its sad music. The poet uses metaphor (the ship is the nation and the captain is Lincoln), apostrophe (the dead captain is addressed directly), repetition and alliteration (“fearful trip”, “flag is flung”). The central idea is the grief of a nation : the ship has come safely home and the prize is won, but the captain who led it through the fearful trip lies dead on the deck. The poem therefore mixes triumph with deep personal sorrow.

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…

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