Question

from \o captain! my captain!\ by walt whitman
9 o captain! my captain! rise up and hear the bells;
10 rise up - for you the flag is flung - for you the bugle trills,
11 for you bouquets and ribbond wreaths - for you the shores a - crowdin
12 for you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
13 here captain! dear father!
14 this arm beneath your head!
15 it is some dream that on the deck,
16 youve fallen cold and dead.

1. the metaphor in line 13 shows that—

□ a. the captain and the speaker are related.
□ b. lincoln left behind several children.
□ c. lincoln guided americans like a parent.
□ d. the speaker turns to his own father for comfort.

1. the figurative language in lines 14–15 shows that—

□ a. the speaker wishes the captains death were not real.
□ b. the speaker hopes that he will wake up from a dream.
□ c. the captain is actually sleeping and not dead at all.
□ d. the captain died in his sleep at the end of the journey.

Explanation:

1. For question 1: "O Captain! My Captain!" is an elegy for Abraham Lincoln, where the "captain" is a metaphor for Lincoln. Line 13's "dear father" extends this metaphor, framing Lincoln as a guiding, paternal figure for the American people, not a literal family member.
2. For question 2: Lines 14-15 express the speaker's shock and grief, clinging to the idea that the captain's death is just a dream, showing they wish the death was not real.

Answer:

1. C. Lincoln guided Americans like a parent.
2. A. the speaker wishes the captain's death were not real.